What is recorded here
Ballikinrain Castle stands in Stirling, Scotland, built in 1868 for Sir Archibald Orr-Ewing and redesigned by David Bryce in the Scottish Baronial style. The castle was burned out in June 1913, later restored, and went on to host poor children, a hotel, a wartime school, a camping site, and a residential school for young people. It closed as a school in 2021, and in 2024 planning permission was granted to return it to a private residence.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Ballikinrain Castle as Country House (19th Century), School (20th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Ballikinrain Castle was built in the 19th century as a country house and later served as a school in the 20th century. Its importance lies in its adaptive reuse, reflecting social and educational changes in rural Scotland.
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Places near here
Old BallikinrainCountry House (period Unassigned) · 866 yd
Millstone WoodClearance Cairn (period Unassigned) · 1080 yd
ClaylandsFarmhouse (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned) · 1180 yd
Balfron MotteArchaeological place · 1.0 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 1.6 mi
Earl's SeatMountain / peak · 2.2 mi
Ballochruin FarmNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.2 mi
Garloch HillMountain / peak · 2.3 mi
Killearn, CemeteryCemetery (20th Century) · 2.9 mi
Fintry WoodWood · 3.2 mi
Gowston FarmNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 3.5 mi
Culcreuch CastleCastle · 3.6 miOther information
Photo: Alan Reid · CC BY-SA 2.0