It’s typically mentioned that somebody’s house is their fortress, nevertheless it hardly ever refers to an precise fortress – like this one which’s simply gone in the marketplace.
Bardowie Fortress, located in Milngavie, East Dumbartonshire, is without doubt one of the area’s most iconic houses, and is at the moment up on the market for £2,250,000.
Comprising eight bedrooms, ten loos, seven acres of lochfront land, and two self-contained residences, you’ll get a whole lot of house on your cash.
It’s the historical past of this constructing that makes it distinctive, although.
The property was in-built 1566, and nonetheless retains a mid-Sixteenth century Stone Hold alongside an unique stone staircase and fireplaces.
Having been linked to Scottish folks hero Rob Roy MacGregor, this house is full of character.
It additionally performed host to actor Chris Pine, who rented the fortress out for £20,000 a month throughout filming of a Netflix manufacturing about Robert the Bruce (the place he performed the titular character).
The property’s new proprietor will probably be handled to panoramic views of Bardowie Loch from their non-public jetty, tennis courtroom, or non-public walled backyard.
A reception corridor leads into a cosy, kitchen, and eating space, with a utility room and boot room accessible from a conventional stone staircase.
A video games room, formal drawing room, bed room, and main bedroom (containing a bed room, dressing room, and loo with sauna) are all positioned on the primary ground, whereas the second ground homes 4 extra bedrooms (three of that are ensuite and two of which have dressing rooms).
Behind a hidden stone staircase you’ll discover Scotland’s oldest Stone Hold, referred to as the Nice Corridor, which is 2 flooring excessive. A turreted stairway results in the fortress’s battlements.
It’s advised that the West Wing of the house, full with a totally fitted health club and open kitchen dwelling space, might be used as a self-contained condo.
Nonetheless, you'll even have entry to a different self-contained condo, accessible by way of a separate entrance and full with two en-suite bedrooms and a kitchen and lounge space.
Clyde Property, Bearsden, mentioned the property was ‘a as soon as in a era alternative to amass considered one of Scotland’s most iconic houses’.
All of those architectural reminders of the Center Ages could have you ever believing it’s a property secluded from fashionable life, nevertheless it’s lower than three miles away from a big collection of facilities.
In addition to this, it’s solely seven miles away from Glasgow Metropolis Centre and has nice hyperlinks to Edinburgh, Stirling, and Central Scotland’s airports.
Basically, whilst you can stay like a king, it doesn’t must be a reclusive Medieval one.
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