Glenapp Castle

Glenapp Castle, formerly the family seat of the Earl of Inchcape,[1] is now a luxury hotel[2] and restaurant located about 1+1⁄2 miles (2.5 kilometres) southeast of Ballantrae, South Ayrshire, Scotland.

[3] Designed by the famous Scottish architect David Bryce the Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire at the time, the Castle was finished in 1870.

[5] It is a noteworthy example of the Scottish Baronial style of architecture[6][7] The Inchcape family owned the castle from 1917 until the early 1980s.

Pioneering aviator Elsie Mackay, daughter of the first Earl of Inchcape, lived at the castle until her untimely death in 1928 in an attempt to fly the Atlantic in a single engined Stinson Detroiter.

Glenapp Castle is near Ballantrae in South Ayrshire and overlooks several islands: Ailsa Craig, Arran and Mull of Kintyre.

Glenapp Castle, north-west facade