Recording Your Heritage Online
Event ID 565996
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Recording Your Heritage Online
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/565996
Crookston Castle, 170 Brockburn Road, c.1390
The second oldest remaining building in Glasgow, after the Cathedral, Sir John Stirling-Maxwell presented the Castle to the National Trust for Scotland in 1931 as its first property. A remnant of a massive stone towerhouse, set high on a hill. Very unusual plan, continental, comprising central three-storey rectangular block of ashlar-dressed rubble framed by four taller square towers, one surviving to wallhead. Beautifully built, it is now a consolidated ruin, cared for by Historic Scotland. Historic Scotland, open to the public, guide book.
Taken from "Greater Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Sam Small, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
