Moat Brae

J. M. Barrie, creator of Peter Pan, played in the house and garden as a child from the ages of 13-18 whilst at school at Dumfries Academy.

Barrie was later presented with the Freedom of the Burgh of Dumfries in 1924 and in his speech said "When Shades of night began to fall certain young mathematicians shed their triangles and crept up trees and down walls in an odyssey which was long after to become the play of Peter Pan.

Moat Brae is a medium-scale Greek revival villa, rising to two storeys with a raised basement and extending to five bays.

The front elevation features a central pedimented Doric porch, approached via flyover steps and with spearheaded cast-iron railings adjoining.

The interior features—a square central hall with a circular first floor gallery and a domed glass roof—make this one of Newall's greatest works.

That month, Scottish Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop announced a grant of £250,000 from Historic Scotland to help in the restoration of the building.