Castlemilk House#Castlemilk Stables
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Castlemilk House was a country house located in what is now the Castlemilk district of Glasgow, Scotland. The house was the ancestral home of the Stirling-Stuart family and was built around the 15th-century Cassiltoun Tower during the 18th and 19th centuries. The house and Castlemilk Estate were purchased by Glasgow Corporation in 1938, with the house serving as a children's home until it was closed in 1969 and demolished in 1972.
History
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The lands of Cassiltoun of Carmunnock,[https://www.scottish-places.info/parishes/parmap826.html Map of the Parish of Carmunnock in the Historical County of Lanark], Gazetteer for Scotland located on high ground south of Glasgow between the hills of the Cathkin Braes and the burgh of Rutherglen near the River Clyde, were acquired by the Stuarts of Castlemilk in Dumfriesshire (an estate near Lockerbie which still exists also featuring a grand mansion)[https://canmore.org.uk/site/83831/Castlemilk Castlemilk] [Dumfriesshire], Canmore[https://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst10073.html Castlemilk] [Dumfriesshire], Gazetteer for Scotland[https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/200350711-castlemilk-st-mungo#.Xm4vMrenzN4 Castlemilk, Annandale], British Listed Buildings[http://www.childrenshomes.org.uk/LockerbieDB/ Castle Milk, Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland], Children's Homes Website in the 13th century. In the 16th century, they renamed the Cassiltoun estate Castlemilk.{{cite web|url=http://www.scotcities.com/cathcart/castlemilk.htm|title=Castlemilk, Glasgow - origins & history|publisher=Glasgow's South Side|date=|accessdate=13 February 2018|archive-date=4 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204013355/http://www.scotcities.com/cathcart/castlemilk.htm|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.theglasgowstory.com/image/?inum=TGSB00248&t=2|title=Castlemilk House (Glasgow University Library, Special Collections, Dougan Collection, 1870)|publisher=The Glasgow Story|date=|accessdate=13 February 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.theglasgowstory.com/image/?inum=TGSA01228&t=2|title=Castlemilk House (Mitchell Library, Glasgow Collection, Postcards Collection, 1904)|publisher=The Glasgow Story|date=|accessdate=13 February 2018}}[http://www.cassiltountrust.org.uk/history.html History], Cassiltoun Trust Five generations of the Stuart family formed a dynastic baronetcy from the 1660s to the 1790s.[https://randomscottishhistory.com/2020/01/18/of-the-extent-of-kilbride-its-population-places-of-note-c-part-ii-pp-151-161/ Of the Extent of Kilbride, its Population, Places of Note, &c., Part II., pp.151-161.], History of Rutherglen and East-Kilbride, David Ure, 1793, via Random Scottish History
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In 1937 the 445 hectare (1100 acre) Estate of Castlemilk were acquired by Glasgow Corporation for housing. The estate was acquired under a compulsory purchase order as William Stirling-Stuart, the Laird of Castlemilk, had misgivings over the land being used for high-density housing so far from locations of industry.{{cite web|url=https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/humanities/research/historyresearch/researchprojects/housingandwellbeing/castlemilk/ |title=Housing, Everyday Life & Wellbeing over the long term: A brief history of Castlemilk housing estate|publisher=University of Glasgow|date=|accessdate=13 February 2018}} The outbreak of the Second World War delayed building work on the Castlemilk housing scheme, which was constructed in the 1950s, and soon modern tenements surrounded the house's grounds on all sides.[https://www.theglasgowstory.com/image/?inum=TGSA00793&t=2 Castlemilk from Cathkin Braes (Glasgow City Archives, Department of Architectural and Civic Design, 1957)], The Glasgow Story
Castlemilk House was acquired by Glasgow Corporation in 1939, and was used to accommodate evacuees from the city until the end of the war. It was then used as a children's home from 1948 until the expense of maintaining the house forced it to close in January 1969. Castlemilk House was demolished in 1972;{{cite web|url=http://www.theglasgowstory.com/image/?inum=TGSA00793&t=2|title=Castlemilk from Cathkin Braes|publisher=The Glasgow Story|date=|accessdate=13 February 2018}}[https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/12853150.amp/ Stable place to be], Evening Times, 12 September 2008[https://www.spookyisles.com/dark-and-mysterious-castlemilk-house-glasgow/ Dark and mysterious Castlemilk House, Glasgow], Spooky Isles, 3 November 2014 a children's play area now occupies the site.[https://www.scottishcastlesassociation.com/news/past-present/castlemilk-castle.htm Castlemilk Castle (Lanarkshire) - Past & Present], Scottish Castles Association, 19 January 2012 In the 21st century the many green areas between the clusters of housing, including the remaining features of the rural estate, are managed as Castlemilk Park and Woodlands, an award-winning project aimed to benefit the community.[https://www.cassiltoun.org.uk/castlemilk-park/ Castlemilk Park Project], Cassiltoun Housing Association[https://www.sfha.co.uk/news-article/cassiltoun-housing-association-wins-prize-for-their-work-at-castlemilk-woods Cassiltoun Housing Association wins prize for their work at Castlemilk Woods], Scottish Federation of Housing Associations, 18 August 2016
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Other than a small park featuring the landscaped fish pond and a stone bridge (1833, Category B listed) which once formed the driveway to the mansion, and the entrance gateways which are sited to the north-east on the edge of Rutherglen,[https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/200377602-croftfoot-road-mill-street-gatepiers-formerly-to-castlemilk-house-glasgow#.XnAL27enzN5 Croftfoot Road, Mill Street, Gatepiers, Formerly to Castlemilk House], British Listed Buildings the accompanying stables block (built 1794, designed by David Hamilton, also Category B listed) is the main surviving legacy of the grand estate. After being damaged by a fire in 1994{{cite web|url=http://www.theglasgowstory.com/image/?inum=TGSE00320&t=2|title=Castlemilk House stables (West of Scotland Archaeology Service)|publisher=The Glasgow Story|date=|accessdate=13 February 2018}} and left abandoned, it was restored in 2007 (with the project winning awards){{cite web|url=https://www.gbpt.org/events/castlemilk-stables/|title=MyPlace Awards: Castlemilk Stables|publisher=Scottish Civic Trust|date=|accessdate=13 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213200109/https://www.gbpt.org/events/castlemilk-stables/|archive-date=13 February 2018|url-status=dead}} and now contains the local housing offices, community facilities and a nursery.{{cite web|url=http://www.princes-regeneration.org/sustainableheritage/case-studies/castlemilk-stables-glasgow|title=Case study: Castlemilk Stables, Glasgow|publisher=The Prince's Regeneration Trust|date=|accessdate=13 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026094333/http://www.princes-regeneration.org/sustainableheritage/case-studies/castlemilk-stables-glasgow|archive-date=26 October 2017|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.gbpt.org/events/castlemilk-stables/|title=Castlemilk Stables|publisher=Glasgow Building Preservation Trust|date=10 June 2016|accessdate=13 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213200109/https://www.gbpt.org/events/castlemilk-stables/|archive-date=13 February 2018|url-status=dead}}
See also
- Calderglen Country Park (East Kilbride): built around Torrance House estate, owned by the same family
References
- Sp Coll, Dougan Add. 73. Glasgow University Library, Special Collections.
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External links
- [http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/44894/details/glasgow+castlemilk+house Castlemilk House] at Canmore (Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland)
- [https://www.artuk.org/discover/artworks/glasgow-from-cathkin-braes-190868/search/collection:south-lanarkshire-council-2396/page/10# Painting of view from Cathkin Braes showing Castlemilk House and stables] by T. Williams, hosted at Art UK (work itself held at Hamilton Low Parks Museum)
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX-q3fWaTJ0 Video footage of the Stables, Bridge and Glen]
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Category:Former buildings and structures in Scotland
Category:Houses completed in the 16th century
Category:Buildings and structures demolished in 1972
Category:Houses completed in 1794