Cringletie is a Scottish Baronial house by the Eddleston Water

Eddleston Water

Eddleston Water is a small river north of Peebles, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland which joins the River Tweed at Peebles. It is also known locally as "The Cuddy"....

, around 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south of Eddleston

Eddleston

Eddleston is a small village and civil parish in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It lies north of Peebles and south of Penicuik on the A703, which passes through the centre of the village. The Eddleston Water runs through the village....

 in the Scottish Borders

Scottish Borders

The Scottish Borders is one of 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It is bordered by Dumfries and Galloway in the west, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian in the north west, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian to the north; and the non-metropolitan counties of Northumberland...

 area of Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

, in the former Peeblesshire

Peeblesshire

Peeblesshire , the County of Peebles or Tweeddale was a county of Scotland. Its main town was Peebles, and it bordered Midlothian to the north, Selkirkshire to the east, Dumfriesshire to the south, and Lanarkshire to the west.After the local government reorganisation of 1975 the use of the name...

. Designed by David Bryce

David Bryce

David Bryce FRSE FRIBA RSA was a Scottish architect. Born in Edinburgh, he was educated at the Royal High School and joined the office of architect William Burn in 1825, aged 22. By 1841, Bryce had risen to be Burn's partner...

 and built in 1861, the house is a Category B listed building. Since 1971 it has been operated as a country house hotel.

History

A "tower and manor place" at "Cringiltie" are mentioned in a charter of 1633. The lands of Cringletie were purchased in 1666 by Alexander Murray of Black Barony

Black Barony

Black Barony, also known as Blackbarony, Barony Castle, and Darnhall, is a historic house at Eddleston in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. The house is currently operated as a hotel, and is protected as a Category B listed building....

, another nearby estate. Murray built a house on the site, which forms the core of the present building. Captain Alexander Murray (1715–1762), an officer of the British Army who saw service in the Seven Years War, was born here. The house belonged to the Murray, later Wolfe Murray, family until 1941. In 1971 it was first converted into a hotel, and has since changed ownership on more than one occasion.

The grounds of the house include a walled garden and an 18th-century doocot.