Glenapp Castle

Accommodation
At Glenapp Castle, there are various rooms and suites available and The Endeavour, a Castle Penthouse Apartment for guests who want more privacy.

Room options
Each room is designed uniquely with lavish furnishings and equipped to its guests’ high standards. Some overlook the garden and woodlands whilst others have a sea view.

Garden View Rooms with garden or courtyard and woodland views. Grand Garden View Rooms: The Dial Room overlooking the front courtyard and woodlands; Garleffin with sea and garden views; Knockdolian overlooking the gardens; Ballantrae with garden views.

Suite options
Junior Suites are ideal for extended stays with separate sitting areas featuring double sofa beds.

Grand Sea View Suites are spacious and offer views over Ailsa Craig and the Isle of Arran.

Master Suites are the grandest rooms, overlooking the estate and beautiful seascape of Ailsa Craig.

Self-contained accommodation
At Glenapp Castle, there are various rooms and suites available, but if you want more privacy or are travelling in a small group, you could stay at the Castle Penthouse Apartment.

The Endeavour is your Scottish four-bedroom home away from home, overlooking the extraordinary Ailsa Craig, the Isle of Arran and the Mull of Kintyre. Each of the four bedrooms has its own bathroom. If you want to entertain there is a media, library and games room.

The Westward Lounge and dining area can seat up to sixteen guests and has an adjacent period kitchen. If you want to unwind, make sure to use the sauna, beauty treatment and massage room.

Restaurant
Glenapp Castle is known for its award-winning restaurant that offers a fine dining experience with all ingredients being locally sourced and stunning views to make the setting perfect.

Activities
Glenapp Castle has an abundance of various activities on the property. There are games such as croquet, quoits and french boules. If you want to practise sports, there is tennis, jogging and hiking or mountain biking. Relax in the garden by having afternoon tea in one of the walled garden tea rooms.

If you’re looking for something special, go stargazing, try archery, clay pigeon shooting, deerstalking or falconry. If you want to connect with nature, make sure to visit the Pinetum and Arboretum, go foraging or beekeeping.

History
The Earl of Orkney established The Glenapp Estate quite well when James Hunter, the industrialist, acquired the property. He commissioned David Bryce, a famous Edinburgh architect, to design him a marvellous home in 1870. Bryce was a leading supporter of the Scottish Baronial style.

In 1917 the castle passed to James Lyle Mackay, who later became the first Earl of Inchcape. After years of disrepair, the McMillan family of Scottish hoteliers bought the property in 1994, restoring it to its former glory. In 2015, Paul and Poppy Szkiler acquired the castle.

Touring Guide
Staying at Glenapp Castle offers a range of possibilities on your Private driver-guided Tour of Scotland. You could go deer stalking or visit Glasgow, Scotland’s cultural hub.