Castlemilk

David Bryce architect. Dated 1865. Large Scots Baronial

mansion, mostly 2/3 storeys; with circular turrets,

corbelled bartizans pedimented dormer heads, crow-stepped

gables and coped stacks. Stugged and snecked ashlar with

polished dressings and roll-mouldings; finialled slate roofs,

conical roofs with lead figures 3-storey Castle Fraser-style

tower with castellated porch-cochere to E fronting balustraded

tall circular turret with bell-cast cap house; Courtyard formed

by L-plan Crathes-style S range, mullioned and transomed turret

in re-entrant angle. Mullioned conservatory at S re-modelled to

form dining room. Extensive U-plan coach house and offices to NE

linked by archway. Garden balustrade to W of house. INTERIOR:

extremely rich and well-executed neo-Jacobean decoration to halls

and to principal rooms; extensive oak panelling and ceiling

plasterwork: some sensitive alterations (eg. in morning room)

early 20th century, possibly by Scott Morton: fine oak stair

(arcaded balustrading with wrought-iron enrichment) approached

through square-columned screen: marble and oak chimney pieces