Loudoun Castle

The building was destroyed by fire in 1942 and never rebuilt, while the rest of the property was converted into the Loudoun Castle theme park in 1995 and closed in 2010.

[5][3] Archibald Elliot's plans included a large banqueting hall on the north front, but this was not built through lack of money.

[5] The plantations around the castle comprise a great variety of trees, many of them of very stately appearance and brought from America by John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun, who was governor of Virginia in 1756 and who during his military services in various parts of the world sent home every kind of valuable tree he met with.

This sword has been reserved in Loudoun Castle from death of Wallace until five years back when it was removed by the late Marquis of Hastings to his seat in Leicestershire.

[9] "One of Wallace's swords was a treasured family possession, and was hung in Loudoun Castle's entrance hall.