MILLBANK HOUSE

Millbank was built about 1860 by Daniel King who was a woollen manufacturer. Daniel was one of the first Commissioners of the new Burgh in 1866. He served on the council for 9 years from 1866-1875.

Daniel King died in 1882 at Millbank aged 75 and in 1895 his son James was now owner occupier having succeeded on his father’s death to the Lugar Woollen Mills and Carmacoup Woollen Mills in Douglas, Lanarkshire.

By 1911 Robert Livingstone, licensed grocer, was now owner occupier. The building was purchased by the District Council in 1931 as a County Registry Office.

In 1937 a branch of the County Library was opened in the grounds of Millbank House in a new building with child welfare clinic attached. In 1935 a Scout and Guide Hut was also opened in the grounds at Millbank.

Millbank House operated as the Cumnock County Registration Offices for births, deaths and marriages until Rothesay House at Greenholm Road opened in 2013. It now houses several businesses.

Cumnock Action Plan with Cumnock History Group . Plaques funded by 9CC.

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