Scotland · Restored
Castle of Park
Castle of Park is a late 16th-century L-plan tower house near Glenluce in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, begun in 1590 and completed by 1599. The four-storey tower contains barrel‑vaulted basement rooms, a first‑floor main hall and a projecting stair-turret; it was restored in the 20th century and is maintained for holiday accommodation.
Its prime
1599
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1599
What Castle of Park looked like in its prime.
A compact L-plan, four‑storey stone tower house with a southward projecting stair wing; harled (roughcast) masonry rises from a grassy ridge. Steep slate roofs end in crow-stepped gables and are pierced by tall rectangular chimneys. The façades are plain and vertical with a sequence of small rectangular and slit windows set in thick walls, red-painted small‑paned frames visible in photos, and a recessed entrance in the re-entrant angle. The lowest level contains barrel‑vaulted rooms.
Its story
The story of Castle of Park.
The Castle of Park is a late 16th-century L-plan tower house near Glenluce in the historic county of Wigtownshire, begun in 1590 and completed by 1599. Four storeys tall, it stacks three barrel-vaulted kitchen and store rooms below a first-floor hall of some 22 by 17 feet, with a great spiral stair in the southward projection. For all its imposing look it is not defensible. The walls are hollowed out with additional staircases and, as an 1898 description put it, 'commodious closets'.
Known at various times as Park Hay, The Park O' Luce, Park Castle and House of Park, the building was extended in the 18th century. The Cunningham family acquired the castle in 1830, and the Hay family used it until Sir John Dalrymple-Hay sold the Park estate in 1875, after which it was left uninhabited. Restored in the 20th century, it is now maintained for holiday accommodation.
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9 places to explore in 1599.
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Clans who held Castle of Park.
The families that held Castle of Park for a decade or more across its history, follow a name to its clan.
Used by the Hay family until Sir John Dalrymple-Hay sold the Park estate in 1875.
The Cunningham family acquired Castle of Park in 1830.
