Burnside Cottages

Parish:

Ecclesmachan, Linlithgowshire

Local authority:

West Lothian

Ownership:

James Ross & Co. (Philpstoun Works) Ltd.

Opened:

Constructed c.1910?

Closed:

Extant; sold to private owners c.1965

Current status of site:

Modernised, some cottages substantially extended

burnside rows mast.jpg

No. 1 to No. 6 Burnside Cottages; near Threemiletown, is a row of six two-roomed homes, each with porch, scullery and generous garden, on the north side of Winchburgh to Linlithgow road. The oil company also owned the crossing keeper's cottage to the south of the road.

Location map

Detailed maps

Burnside Cottages (Threemiletown) - 25" OS map c.1895, courtesy National Library of Scotland

Burnside Cottages (Threemiletown) - 25" OS map c.1915, courtesy National Library of Scotland

Burnside Cottages (Threemiletown) - 1:2,500" OS map c.1955, courtesy National Library of Scotland

Burnside Cottages (Threemiletown) - Aerial, courtesy National Library of Scotland

Archive images

Burnside, looking West. Commercial postcard, Courtesy West Lothian Libraries (BH247A)

Archive plans

See full record, 217288

Recent images

Burnside cottages, ‎16th ‎July ‎2011

Burnside cottages, ‎16th ‎July ‎2011

Burnside cottages, ‎16th ‎July ‎2011

Burnside cottages, ‎16th ‎July ‎2011

Burnside cottages, ‎16th ‎July ‎2011

Burnside cottages, ‎16th ‎July ‎2011

Related file records

217288 - Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly the Oakbank Oil Company Limited) in favour of Mrs Elizabeth [...] - Photocopy Disposition relating No 3 Burnside Cottages, Ecclesmachan dated 31 March 1965 and signed by W B Peutherer Attorney to the Company. The plan attached shows scale as 1" = 20 feet.
217289 - Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly the Oakbank Oil Company Limited) in favour of Miss Agnes Lindsay [...] - Photocopy Disposition relating No 4 Burnside Cottages, Ecclesmachan dated 7 April 1965 and signed by W B Peutherer Attorney to the Company. The plan attached shows a scale of 1" = 20 feet.
217290 - Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly the Oakbank Oil Company Limited) in favour of Matthew Martin Brown [...] - Photocopy Disposition relating No 5 Burnside Cottages, Ecclesmachan dated 7 April 1965 and signed by W B Peutherer Attorney to the Company. The plan attached has a scale 1" = 20 feet.
217291 - Disposition by BP Exploration Company (Associated Holdings) Limited (formerly the Oakbank Oil Company Limited) in favour of William Watson [...] - Photocopy Disposition relating No 6 Burnside Cottages, Ecclesmachan dated 7 April 1965 and signed by W B Peutherer attorney to the Company. The plan attached shows a scale 1" = 20 feet.

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