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The Kelburn Guidebook
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This guidebook is an attempt to tell you something about Kelburn and give a brief account of our family history. Kelburn Castle, unlike most grand houses in Scotland was not planned by an eminent architect like Adams or Lorrimer. It simply evolved over a period of some 700 years. As the family became richer or more important, it grew organically. Over the years, various Earls of Glasgow, or more probably their wives, changed sitting rooms into bedrooms, partitioned rooms to make extra corridors, altered staircases, raised the level of floors and ceilings, mover kitchens from one end of the house to the other and changed the front door from the north to the south side of the house and then back to the north again. The result is that Kelburn is an eccentric half castle, half-house, constantly in use and still very much lived-in.
The gardens too have evolved over time and bear the fruits of a large number of different tastes and personalities. The Kelburn Glen which starts 600 feet on the fills above and passes just beside the castle has long been admired and during the middles of the 18th century, was often quoted as being the most romantic glen in Scotland.
I was not brought up at Kelburn. For me, it was always the idyllic place I was invited to stay by my grandparents for part of my holidays. It has always been a paradise for children, and now that it is my home, I have discovered it is also an inspiration for adults.
I hope some of its magic will rub off on you.
Lord Glasgow