Blair-Drummond Castle

Blair Drummond is a grand baronial house and estate located in the Stirling Council Area in Scotland. The current three-storey baronial house was designed by J.C. Walker and built in 1868-1872, replacing an earlier mansion from 1715. The house was sold in 1977 to the Camphill Trust, which uses it to care for the handicapped. The estate has a long history and was the home of Henry Home, Lord Kames, an enlightened landlord who initiated a scheme in 1766 to clear the deep moss of the carse lands and convert them to productive farmland. The estate also includes a stable block with a clock tower, an ice house, an octagonal storehouse, Tudor lodges, and the Mill of Torr. Today, 48 ha (119 acres) of the 607 ha (1500 acres) Blair Drummond Estate are home to Scotland’s only Safari and Leisure Park, established in the 1970s.