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Museum
Represents a museum
WC
No
EventsForChildren
No
Place
The town or city
Dumfries
HearingLoop
No
IsIncludedThisYear
No
DisabledAccess
No
Activities
<p>The Gibbs family and friends will be on hand to answer questions about their restoration project and let you into the secrets and tales of the Tower.</p><p>Directions:<br />From Dumfries follow the A75 to Cargenbank roundabout turn left to Lochfoot. At the cross roads go straight ahead on the minor road for a kilometre and turn left on the unsurfaced road to Mains of Hills then right at cattle grid to the Tower. Limited parking for approx 12 cars.</p><p>Image (c) <a href="http://www.scran.ac.uk/">www.scran.ac.uk</a></p>
OpeningTime1
10.00-17.00
OpeningDate1
26/9/2010
OpeningTime2
10.00-17.00
IsNewThisYear
No
ID
Google Panorama ID
11350
Refreshments
No
Street
The street address
Lochfoot
Postcode
DG2 8NL
Parking
Yes
DisabledWC
No
LimitedAccess
No
NotAccessible
No
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Hills Tower
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
dumfriesandgalloway
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
1068
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Museum
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
current,55.03717,-3.704624;
Description
An account of the resource
<p>Visit the newly restored 16th century stronghold of the Maxwell family.<br /><br />Hills or Hillis Tower is a 1527 tower house with a 1721 house attached complete with gatehouse and barmkin. Built by the Maxwells it passed to the McCulloch’s of Ardwall in 1733. The property preserves a unique architectural transition from late medieval to a 18th century country house. From 1782 the house and tower was used for farm storage but some restoration and repairs for tenants was carried out in 1930 and 1970 respectively leaving the fabric untouched since they were built. <br /><br />In 2003 the Gibbs family purchased the property and restoration has involved undoing the work of the 30’s and 70’s in the house and putting floors and windows back in the Tower. The aim in the ongoing restoration is to minimize the modern footprint and create a family home once again with the look and feel of the 1780’s.</p>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
16th Century