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Exterior and interior photos of Castle
of Park
Castle of Park
Glenluce, Dumfries and
Galloway
Thomas Hay was given the lands of Park by his father, the last
abbot of Glenluce, and built himself this fine new tower house in
1590. In the 1970s, after standing empty for over a century, the
tower was repaired by Historic Scotland, present guardians of Glenluce
Abbey. In 1990 they leased the tower to us, and we have made it
habitable.
Standing, with two other houses, on a tree-fringed plateau above
Luce Bay, the building is outwardly very plain. Inside, it is another
matter. With the walls plastered and the rooms furnished, you gain
a very different impression of the life of a Jacobean laird from
that given by the stony shells of so many abandoned towers.
The hall is 30 feet long, with a fine fireplace. From it the laird's
private stair leads to bedrooms, each with its own privy (the potential
for hide and seek is endless). The wide main stair, in its own tower,
has a little room at the top called the cap house, from which you
can glimpse the sea.
The eighteenth century brought larger windows to let in more light,
the bright clear light of a western peninsula. There are notable
gardens to visit nearby, and the rolling fields are grazed by cattle,
seemingly more numerous than the human inhabitants.
- For up to 7 people
- Solid fuel stove
- Garden
- Adjacent parking
- Dogs allowed
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