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Bridge Of Weir, Gryffe Castle
Childrens Home (Modern), Country House (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Bridge Of Weir, Gryffe Castle
Classification Childrens Home (Modern), Country House (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Gryfe; Children's Home; Gryffe House
Canmore ID 42229
Site Number NS36NE 14
NGR NS 38485 66309
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/42229
- Council Renfrewshire
- Parish Houston
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Renfrew
- Former County Renfrewshire
NS36NE 14 38485 66309
(NS 3847 6630) Gryffe (NAT)
OS 6" map (1968)
NMRS REFERENCE:
ARCHITECTS: Cook & Hamilton c. 1925.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
Gryffe Castle (name published on earlier editions of OS plans) is a square mansion, built about 1854 by Robert Freeland of Broomward. It is now the property of Glasgow Corporation, and used as a children's home. The name "Gryffe Castle" first appears on record in 1474, but there are now no traces of any ancient structure, though the mansion occupies a natural eminence which would have made a good site for an early castle, possibly a motte.
A H Millar 1889; W W Lyle 1975.
This is a modern mansion. No information was obtained regarding any earlier building.
Visited by OS (JD), 27 July 1955.
