Castle Of Park, Glenluce

Castle of Park is a 17th-century L-plan, four-storey tower house located in Glenluce. The building is harled and features crow-stepped gables along with some moulded architraves.

The east elevation has a gabled jamb on the left, with a stair window on each floor. To the right, there is an architraved doorway leading to the north return, above which is a panel inscribed with: "Blissit the . na of . Lord . this verk . vas begun. te. f st . day . o . March 1590 be . Thomas . Hay . of . Park . and Jonet . Mak . Dovel . his . spovs." Above the first floor, there is a blank moulded panel, two small stair windows, and a window that breaks the eaves. A corbelled turret is located in the re-entrant angle at the third floor, featuring a small slit window and a roof that slightly curves out from the cap-house pitch. The right side has an essentially two-bay elevation with irregularly disposed windows of various sizes, including a window with a moulded architrave that breaks the eaves and a massive wallhead stack on the left.

The north elevation is gabled, with a window on the left at the first floor that has a deep square embrasure, and two small windows above it. There are three small windows in the bay to the right.

The west elevation features two windows with moulded architraves that break the eaves, along with two additional windows at the second floor. A larger window is located on the left at the first floor, while the remaining windows are variously sized and irregularly disposed.

The south elevation has a lop-sided gable on the left, abutted by the cap-house of the southeast jamb on the right. It has irregularly disposed windows of various sizes, including a large window on the left at the first floor.

The building displays a variety of small-pane glazing patterns, primarily 12-pane sash and case glazing in the larger windows, with fixed glazing in the smaller windows. The roof is covered with graded grey slates, and there are harled stacks at the gable heads to the north, south, east, and west of the southeast jamb, as well as a wallhead stack to the east. A water spout is located on the south side.

Inside, there is a wide turnpike stair in the southeast jamb. The ground floor contains three vaulted apartments connected by a vaulted passage to the east. The northern apartment serves as the kitchen, featuring a large arched fireplace, a window to the east, and a closet to the west with a window to the west. Access to the garret is provided by a stair in the turret located in the re-entrant angle. The interior also includes some moulded architraves and moulded surrounds to the fireplaces.