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Author: marypryde
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I have only ever found one photo of the inside (attached). It is not very clear. You can
find several photos of the outside on the Flickr website. It breaks my heart to see the
shot of the explosion that blew the place up. My grandfather, John Thomson, was the last
estate manager and was there when the castle was turned over to a public trust of some
sort. He emigrated from Scotland to the USA in 1911. On the Flickr site (search on
Calderwood Castle) I think you will find a shot of the bothy (my grandfather's
residence) which is still in existence according to a local historian with whom I am in
contact. I recently inherited mounted photos of two portraits of General Sir William
Maxwell, 7th Baronet of Caldewood, by Henry Raeburn. They were from my great
grandfather's residence in the Gardener's House or bothy.
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