Dalmoak House

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Dalmoak House

Dalmoak House is a villa near the Scottish town of Renton in the council area of West Dunbartonshire . In 1980 the structure was included in the Scottish List of Monuments in the highest category A.

history

A property called Dalmoak has been recorded at this location since the Middle Ages. Later it was part of the royal hunting ground of Robert I. Although Dalmoak Castle is reported from the 15th century at the site of today's villa, it was probably not a castle. In the middle of the 17th century, John Semphill the Provost of Dumbarton lived there. As a supporter of the Covenanters, he was involved in the liberation of Dumbarton Castle from royalist troops.

Today's villa was built by James Aitken , owner of the whiskey distillery Rosebank in Camelon , which is why the building is also known as the “Brandy Castle”. It was built between 1866 and 1869. During the Second World War , the Royal Air Force used Dalmoak House. A young farmer then owned the property, in which nine families were accommodated due to the housing shortage after the war . After that it was used for agriculture. After Dalmoak House stood empty for some time in the second half of the 20th century, the condition of the building deteriorated. It was then sold to a private individual who restored it and set up a private retirement home there.

description

Dalmoak House is isolated about one kilometer southwest of Renton and northwest of Dumbarton. The building has a U-shaped floor plan. It is decorated in the style of a castle, with defensive turrets and surrounding battlements. The south-east facing front of the two-story building is symmetrical, with a central entrance area and windows on five vertical axes. Illusions emerge on the two outer axes . The building openings on the two side facades are also arranged on five axes and stylistically correspond to the front. A window depicting the red hand of the Irish province of Ulster is possibly the largest privately owned stained glass painting in Britain. The building roofs are covered with gray slate shingles.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ a b c Information from the municipality of Vale of Leven

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Coordinates: 55 ° 57 ′ 33.4 "  N , 4 ° 35 ′ 27.2"  W.