'We
want our visitors to consider themselves honoured personal guests in our home.
We want them to feel, as we do, that this is a special place where they can come
to escape from the world for a while and renew their energies in peace, quiet
and privacy, while enjoying all the creature comforts of a luxury hotel.'
Graham
and Fay Cowan.
A member of Relais & Chateaux
The
castle is open to individual guests as an exclusive luxury retreat from April
through October each year and is available throughout the year for exclusive use
reservations.
HistoryGlenapp Castle was built
in 1870 by the celebrated architect David Bryce for James Hunter, the Deputy
Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire.
The Castle and its lands were purchased in 1917 by James Lyle Mackay,
subsequently, the first Earl of Inchcape. His descendants owned the castle until
1982, during which time they expanded the estate considerably and enlarged,
altered the castle to its present form.
The McMillan family acquired the castle in June 1994, by which time it had sadly
fallen into a very poor state of repair. Their daughter and son-in-law, Fay and
Graham Cowan made the castle their home and embarked upon a lengthy restoration.
For six years their full time occupation has been the restoration and conversion
of the Castle and its thirty acres of magnificent gardens. That work is now
finished and Glenapp has been restored to its rightful glory.
In April of the year 2000, a very unique and exciting event took place in the
sleepy Scottish fishing village of Ballantrae in Ayrshire. For the first time,
after many years of neglect, followed by a painstaking restoration project, Glenapp
Castle, a vast and spectacular Victorian mansion set high above the village
overlooking the Irish Sea and the island of Ailsa Craig opened its doors as an
exclusive luxury Hotel.
Within the Castle there are graceful Lounges and elegant Dining Rooms as well as
17 individually furnished and decorated Bedrooms and Suites, seemingly endless
oak panelled hallways and corridors. All are handsomely furnished with
personally chosen antiques and fine oil paintings, individually decorated to the
highest standard in traditional style.
The castle is open to individual guests as an exclusive luxury retreat from
April through October each year and is available throughout the year for
exclusive use reservations.
Glenapp
Castle
is one mile from the A77 Glasgow to Stranraer trunk road near the village of
Ballantrae.
Dining at the Castle is a
unique experience. The finest cuisine, produced by a skilled and professional
team, is served each evening in the gracious surroundings of the Castle Dining
Rooms. Complementary wines from the cellars are served with each day's menu, or
guests may prefer to choose from the extensive Connoisseurs' List.
