Laurieston Hall began as a commune in 1972. In 1987 it transformed itself into a Housing Co-operative, currently home to 19 members, 4 children aged 5-10, and a few long-stay visitors. We live in and around a huge Victorian main house, with a large organic walled garden, surrounded by 180 acres of beautiful woods, pastures and wetlands, stretching from a loch to the north, to the best wee sledging hill in Galloway to the south. Living spaces use wood for heating and cooking. A hydro supplies much of our electricity. We grow as much fruit and vegetables as we can, keep cows, pigs, hens and bees, and do most of our own maintenance. All of us pay a large portion of our rent in unwaged labour for the co-op. This means ideally spending about two and a half days a week doing what we call “workshare”. Issues that affect everybody come to a weekly co-op meeting in which decisions are made by consensus. Work areas are organised within smaller groups. Co-operation is our common ideology; under that umbrella we lean this way and that, are generally better at dealing with tomorrow than next year, are supportive of each other as individuals as well as co-op members – and we try to have a good time! For more information or to subscribe to our mailing list, please visit: https://www.lauriestonhall.org.uk/
Laurieston Hall
Contact
Sarah
Sarah
Postal Address
Laurieston Hall
Laurieston
Castle Douglas
DG7 2NB
Electronic Mail
enquirylh@gmail.com
World Wide Web
https://www.lauriestonhall.org.uk/
Year started
1972
1972
Situation
rural
rural
Number of over 18s
19
19
Number of under 18s
4
4
Ideological focus
co-operative
co-operative
Legal structure
industrial and provident society
industrial and provident society
Open in principle to new members
yes
yes
Charge visitors
yes
yes
Work in Lieu
yes
yes



















