One of the lesser-known Lawrence sites is Craigville, the family home in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, SW Scotland. The Lawrence family moved here from Wales in 1889 and stayed until 1891 when they then moved to France. At the time of the Lawrence family’s arrival in Kirkcudbright, Ned was thirteen months old. His brother, William George, the third son, was born here in December 1889.
Craigville is a large, detached house and bears some similarities to the better-known Snowdon Lodge in Tremadoc, Wales, which may have been an attraction to Mr and Mrs Lawrence. The property, now 89 St. Mary Street, is so rarely visited that no reference photograph appeared on a recent internet search. There is no commemorative plaque on the building, either.
The easiest way to locate Craigville is to enter Kirkcudbright from the north by either the A711 or A762 from the A75; the house is on the left just 50 yards past the Rogerson’s filing station.
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