Thomas Carlyle's Birthplace
| Thomas Carlyle's Birthplace | |
|---|---|
 As it appeared in 1904 | |
| Location | Ecclefechan, Dumfries and Galloway |
| Coordinates | 55°03′33″N3°15′51″W/ 55.059144°N 3.264246°W |
Listed Building– Grade A | |
| Official name | Arched House including Carlyle's Birthplace |
| Designated | 3 September 1971 |
| Reference no. | LB10065 |
Thomas Carlyle's Birthplaceis a house inEcclefechan,Dumfries and Galloway,Scotland, UK, in whichThomas Carlyle,who was to become a pre-eminent man of letters, was born in 1795.
The house was built in 1791 by Carlyle's father James and James' brothers John and Tom, stonemasons all.[1]It is owned by theNational Trust for Scotland,registered as a Category Alisted building.[2]Architecturally, the home exemplifies 18-centuryScottish Vernacular.[3]It first opened to the public in 1881 and remains much as it was then. Many of Carlyle's belongings are housed along with a collection of portraits and photographs relating to his life.[4]Carlyle lived here with his brother John Aitken Carlyle who would go on to translateDante'sInfernointoEnglish.[5]It was from here that Thomas Carlyle walked nearly one hundred miles in order to attend theUniversity of Edinburghat the age of 13, intending for the ministry.[6]
References
[edit]- ^Sloan, John MacGavin (1904).The Carlyle Country.London Chapman & Hall. p. 30.
- ^Historic Environment Scotland."ECCLEFECHAN VILLAGE, HIGH STREET, ARCHED HOUSE INCLUDING CARLYLE'S BIRTHPLACE (LB10065)".Retrieved4 March2022.
- ^Scotland, National Trust for (3 March 2022)."Thomas Carlyle's Birthplace".National Trust for Scotland.Retrieved4 March2022.
- ^"National Trust for Scotland, Thomas Carlyle's Birthplace | Art UK".artuk.org.Retrieved4 March2022.
- ^Dante Alighieri (1849).Dante's Divine comedy: The Inferno.Translated by Carlyle, John Aitken. New York: Harper & Brothers.
- ^Stephen, Leslie,ed. (1887)..Dictionary of National Biography.Vol. 9. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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