Old Castle Mains
The Old Castle Mains , even Old Mains Farm is a farm building outside the Scottish town of Milngavie in East Dunbartonshire . It's at the end of a single-lane spur road southwest of Milngavie, halfway to neighboring Bearsden . In 1971 the Old Castle Mains was included in the Scottish List of Monuments in Category B.
description
Old Mains Castle's buildings encompass three sides of a square courtyard. The individual parts of the building complete with slate-covered gable roofs . The two gable surfaces facing the driveway are made as a stepped gable . The adjacent small residential building is a remnant of a former larger building. It also ends with a gable roof with a stepped gable. The facades of the residential building are plastered. Another outbuilding could be a former pigeon tower .
There are plans to release a 10.3 hectare site north of Old Mains Castle as building land, which would connect the building to the outskirts.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Information from the government of East Dunbartonshire ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 44 kB)
Web links
- Entry on Old Castle Mains in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 56 ′ 19.8 " N , 4 ° 20 ′ 26.8" W.