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The castle was built between 1837 and 1841 by David Hamilton for John Lennox Kincaid, on the Lennox of Woodhead Estate, replacing Kincaid House. In 1927, the castle and its land was purchased by the Glasgow Corporation , and converted into a hospital for people with learning disabilities; the hospital opened in 1936.
Lennox Castle ist eine Schlossruine unweit der schottischen Stadt Lennoxtown in East Dunbartonshire. Das Bauwerk liegt auf einem weitläufigen Grundstück mit zahlreichen Außengebäuden westlich der Ortschaft. 1973 wurde Lennox Castle in die schottischen Denkmallisten in der höchsten Kategorie A aufgenommen.
6. Jan. 2022 · 6 January 2022. By Michael McEwan ,BBC News. BBC. Lennox Castle was the site of the hospital for "mentally deficient" people until it closed in 2002. A lot has changed since Scotland closed...
- Michael Mcewan
1. Mai 2015 · Lennox Castle has been on the Buildings at Risk register for Scotland since 1992, the website provides a good summary of the history of the building and the site. Rather wonderfully, the Book of Lennox Castle produced for the opening ceremony of the hospital in 1936 has been scanned and put online by S J McLaughlin, who has charted the history ...
6. Jan. 2022 · BBC. Lennox Castle was the site of the hospital for "mentally deficient" people until it closed in 2002. A lot has changed since Scotland closed its largest institution for people with...
- Michael Mcewan
The Lennoxes of Woodhead sold Lennox Castle in 1927 to the city of Glasgow and their seat became Downton Castle, near Ludlow, England. This was sold to a Greek Owner in 1979. The Lennox family sold all of their ancestral lands in the mid 1980s.
Glasgow Corporation bought the castle, along with 494 ha (1222 acres) of the estate, from the family for £25,000 in 1927 to serve as a hospital for the mentally-ill. New buildings were erected in the grounds to accommodate 600 males and 600 females in separate sections, each comprising a dining hall, kitchen, workshop and ten dormitory blocks.
