page_title: Livingston Village
section_title: Howden House
hierarchical_section_title: Livingston Village / History / Surrounding Country Houses / Howden House
caption_attribution_description: English: Howden House, Livinston
context_page_description: Livingston Village is a village in West Lothian it dates back to the 12th century. Originally a farming village in West Lothian it is now in the heart of the town of Livingston.
context_section_description: To the north-east of the village stands Howden House, also built in 1795.  Its grounds form a substantial park for the town.
  The following year it was used for the marriage of Dr James Gregory to Isabella Macleod. Gregory was famed for his children’s cough medicine: “Gregory’s Mixture”. Latterly it was occupied by the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries. In 1964 it was converted into a community centre and its gardens given to use as a public park, with the help of a £12000 grant from the Carnegie Trust.
  In recent years the community facilities have condensed down to occupy the former stable block to the west and a new-build structure. The original building was converted to flats in 2013.
caption: Howden House, Livingston
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