Craigrownie Castle
Introduction
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Craigrownie Castle
Image: © Gordon Brown Taken: 17 Jul 2014
Built in 1854 and designed by famous Glasgow architect Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson, the castle has had a varied history. It was built on six storeys for Glasgow business man John McElroy who was an iron founder and railway contractor. It was further expanded and subsequently donated to the Scottish Society for the Mentally Handicapped — now Enable - and became the Stewart Home for children from 1958 until 1983. It then became an old folks' home, fell into disrepair, then was renovated in the late 1990s. In 2009 it was for sale for a mere £795,000.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.991266
Longitude
-4.85164