Burgh of Bearsden

 Kilmardinny House in Bearsden

An imposing Georgian mansion

in Kilmardinny Avenue.

Kilmardinny Avenue, the Kilmardinny Loch

and surrounding parkland

once formed Kilmardinny Estate.

The Estate was formerly held by the Colquhouns

but was subsequently subdivided and sold.

 Kilmardinny House in Bearsden

At the beginning of the 19th century,

John Leitch of the West Indies merchants Leitch & Smith

acquired Kilmardinny House

and made extensive alterations to the building. 

It thereafter passed to his nephew, James Leitch,

who sold it in 1833 to the merchant William Brown,

 Dean of Guild in 1837 and again in 1856.

Brown made more alterations

and in 1844 sold Kilmardinny

 to the merchant William Whyte.

It was subsequently acquired c1853

by Robert Dalglish ( an MP for Glasgow, 1857-1874 )

of the Lennoxtown calico printers R Dalglish, Falconer & Co.

Dalglish made further extensive alterations to the building.

The house is now owned by East Dunbartonshire Council

 and has become an arts centre.

Kilmardinny House

Kilmardinny House

Gardens at Kilmardinny House

Gardens at Kilmardinny House

Slide Shows

in Kilmardinny House

Nepal Treks and Climbs

Entrance to Kilmardinny House

Kilmardinny House 

Kilmardinny House 

Kilmardinny House