Edit Airdrie House
Airdrie House stood for more than seven centuries on the modern-day site of Monklands General Hospital in North Lanarkshire.
The exact date of construction is unclear but it is thought that one of its original owners, a member of the Cleland family, was brother-in-law to William Wallace.
It is believed Wallace and his troops camped in the baronial-style mansion before his disastrous defeat at Falkirk in 1298, which forced him to flee to France until 1303.
By 1490 the mansion was owned by the Torrance family, who were involved in many historic conflicts.
One member of the family, John Hamilton, was killed at the Battle of Flodden in Northumberland in 1513, along with James IV, who had broken his alliance with Henry VIII and invaded.
John's descendent, Gavin Hamilton, took part in the attempted capture of James VI at Stirling Castle in 1571.
And in 1679 Robert Hamilton supported the victorious Covenanters at Drumclog against John 'Claverhouse' Graham, Viscount Dundee, who later became the Jacobite commander, 'Bonnie Dundee'.
But Claverhouse, in retaliation, captured Airdrie House and used it to garrison his troops.
Robert went into exile but towards the end of the century returned and set up a weaving industry in the town.
The mansion was then owned by several other families before being converted to a maternity hospital.
It was demolished in 1964 to make way for the new Monklands Hospital.
The exact date of construction is unclear but it is thought that one of its original owners, a member of the Cleland family, was brother-in-law to William Wallace.
It is believed Wallace and his troops camped in the baronial-style mansion before his disastrous defeat at Falkirk in 1298, which forced him to flee to France until 1303.
By 1490 the mansion was owned by the Torrance family, who were involved in many historic conflicts.
One member of the family, John Hamilton, was killed at the Battle of Flodden in Northumberland in 1513, along with James IV, who had broken his alliance with Henry VIII and invaded.
John's descendent, Gavin Hamilton, took part in the attempted capture of James VI at Stirling Castle in 1571.
And in 1679 Robert Hamilton supported the victorious Covenanters at Drumclog against John 'Claverhouse' Graham, Viscount Dundee, who later became the Jacobite commander, 'Bonnie Dundee'.
But Claverhouse, in retaliation, captured Airdrie House and used it to garrison his troops.
Robert went into exile but towards the end of the century returned and set up a weaving industry in the town.
The mansion was then owned by several other families before being converted to a maternity hospital.
It was demolished in 1964 to make way for the new Monklands Hospital.
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