This Victorian abbey was so magnificent that Country Life mourned it twice

This Victorian abbey was so magnificent that Country Life mourned it twice

In 1961, Country Life published two architecture articles by Mark Girouard on a striking Scottish property called Abercairny Abbey, in the same number of weeks.The first article described the house as: 'Perhaps the finest example in Scotland of a Gothic abbey of the early 19th century.' However, these were no ordinary architecture articles. They were the building’s obituary because in 1960, on the orders of its owner, Abercairny was paid a short…