Bardowie Castle

Bardowie Castle

6 reception rooms, 9 bedrooms, 8 bath/shower rooms, kitchen, library, home cinema, 2 kitchenettes, sauna, gymnasium.

Bardowie Castle is an outstanding period home comprising a traditional Scottish keep with a substantial Georgian addition. The entire property has been rebuilt from an outer shell meaning that the standard of interiors is exceptionally good with modern insulation, central heating, wiring and plumbing. The house is also wired for a central telephone, lighting and Bang & Olufsen music system controlled by hand controls and has internal vacuum points connected to a centralised turbine. It has a sophisticated zoned heating system and all the windows are double glazed. The telephone system has intercom and paging facilities. There are telephone points in all the main rooms. The castle is built of an attractive stone under a slate roof and is floodlit at night. The keep has a traditional Scottish appearance with a small ground floor door leading into a vaulted hall with spiral staircases to the upper floors. The windows are small and original features such as the sluice on the 1st floor remain. The Georgian wing has a grander appearance with a pedimented front door, large astragalled windows and large well proportioned rooms. Battlements have been created along the roof line to tie in with the adjoining keep. To the rear of the castle is an enclosed courtyard with buildings on 3 sides and an impressive wrought iron gateway on the 4th side. Internally the accommodation manages to retain a lot of original character but is also well proportioned and well laid out for modern family occupation. All the internal doors, facings and panelling are Oregon Pine, especially imported from America, to match the original fittings. The reception hall has a decorative multi vaulted ceiling which ties in with both the vaulted hall in the keep and the Georgian reception rooms. There is a sitting room off this hall and a magnificent kitchen/living room running the full depth of the castle. Behind the kitchen is a utility room connecting to the outbuildings and courtyard. There is a large bright landing on the 1st floor leading to the drawing room and 2 main bedroom suites. The large room in the keep can be used as an office but is currently a gym. The 2nd floor in the Georgian wing has 5 bedrooms 3 with en suite shower and dressing rooms and a further bathroom. Above the office in the original keep is the original Great Hall. This is a large space which offers scope for a variety of uses. The floor rafters remain from when it would have been divided into 2 floors and a turreted stairway leads up to the battlements which are now enclosed by the roof. To the rear of the main house is an integral flat and a 2 bedroom cottage with its own doorway. The courtyard provides scope for additional rooms if required but is currently used as garaging and workshops with 2 gyms above.

Mileage: Milngavie 3km (2 miles) Glasgow 11km (7 miles)
(All mileages are approximate)