Dalnair Castle

Dalnair Castle, also known as Dalnair House, is a Scottish baronial castle dating from around 1884. It is located outside the village of Croftamie in Stirling, Scotland, on the edge of Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.

History

1884–1940s

Dalnair Castle was built for a Glaswegian merchant named Thomas Brown around 1884 on the site of the former much smaller "Endrickbank House".[1]

The property survived a major fire that engulfed it in 1917. At the time of the fire the building belonged to Henry Christie, a calico printer, who owned it until the 1940s.[2]

1940s–2000s

The castle then passed into the hands of the Glasgow Western Hospital Board and it was used as a nurses' home until Killearn Hospital closed in 1972[3] For much of the 1970s it was a training and conference centre for British Steel. On 2000, it became a nursing home before becoming vacant and at risk of becoming a ruin.[4]

2016–present

In 2016 the FM Group, a Scottish property developer, bought the property and is refurbishing the baronial castle into luxury apartments.[5] The plans also include construction work in the estate surrounding the castle, where a number of family homes have and continue to be built.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Your chance to live like a king as flats in Scottish baronial mansion hit market". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  2. Stuff, Good. "Dalnair House, Drymen, Stirling". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  3. "Dalnair House, Croftamie | Buildings at Risk Register". www.buildingsatrisk.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  4. "Dalnair House | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  5. Now, Scottish Construction. "Edinburgh property developer to convert castle into luxury living space". Scottish Construction Now. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  6. Now, Scottish Construction. "£10m invested in Dalnair Castle and Ury Mansion House". Scottish Construction Now. Retrieved 2019-09-16.

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