| Thomas Carlyle's Birthplace | |
| Coordinates: | 55.0591°N -3.2642°W |
| Designation1: | Grade A |
| Designation1 Offname: | Arched House including Carlyle's Birthplace |
| Designation1 Date: | 3 September 1971 |
| Designation1 Number: | LB10065 |
| Location: | Ecclefechan, Dumfries and Galloway |
Thomas Carlyle's Birthplace is a house in Ecclefechan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK, in which Thomas Carlyle, who was to become a pre-eminent man of letters, was born in 1795.
The house was built in 1791 by Carlyle's father James and James' brothers John and Tom, stonemasons all.[1] It is owned by the National Trust for Scotland, registered as a Category A listed building. Architecturally, the home exemplifies 18-century Scottish Vernacular.[2] It first opened to the public in 1881 and remains much as it was then. Many of Carlyle's belongings are housed along with a collection of portraits and photographs relating to his life.[3] Carlyle lived here with his brother John Aitken Carlyle who would go on to translate Dante's Inferno into English.[4] It was from here that Thomas Carlyle walked nearly one hundred miles in order to attend the University of Edinburgh at the age of 13, intending for the ministry.[5]