Castlemilk House
Castlemilk House is the ruin of a country house in the southern district of Carmunnock in the Scottish city of Glasgow . The house was built in the 18th century around the 15th century Castlemilk Tower . In 1969 the house that had served as a children's home until the previous year was demolished. The associated stables from the 19th century were converted into offices in 2006.
history
In the 13th century the Stuarts of Castlemilk in Dumfriesshire acquired the lands of Cassilton in Carmunnock . In the 16th century they renamed the property "Castlemilk". In 1937 the Glasgow Corporation bought the site to build a settlement, but the outbreak of World War II delayed construction. The Castlemilk settlement was established in the 1950s. The mansion was bought by the Glasgow Corporation in 1939 and housed evacuees from the city there until the end of the war. From 1948 until it was closed in January 1969 due to high maintenance costs, Castlemilk House served as a children's home. In December of the same year the country house was demolished.
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- Special Collections, Dougan Add. 73 . Library of Glasgow University .
- Castlemilk House . In: Canmore . Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved July 18, 2017. With photo.
Coordinates: 55 ° 48 ′ 32.4 " N , 4 ° 13 ′ 12" W.