Barholm Castle
The History of a Home and the Making of a Garden
$65.13
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
17 July 2025
Summary
In 1999, Barholm Castle in Galloway had lain ruinous and derelict for over two hundred years when Janet Brennan-Inglis and her husband John bought it as a restoration project. Together with a team of architects, surveyors and builders, overseen by Historic Scotland, they turned this sixteenth-century tower house into a domestic residence once again – this time with central heating, bathrooms and a twenty-first-century kitchen. Since the restoration, they have researched the history of Barholm…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781839830877 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1839830875 |
| Author: | Janet Brennan-Inglis |
| Publisher: | Birlinn General |
| Imprint: | Origin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 17 July 2025 |
| Weight: | 575g |
| Dimensions: | 246mm x 189mm x 18mm |
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‘Janet Brennan-Inglis has done wonders for Scottish castles, tower-houses, and much else: this new book of hers is a tribute to and record of a remarkable achievement’
– James Stevens Curl * The Critic *About The Author
Janet Brennan-Inglis
Janet Brennan-Inglis graduated from the University of Edinburgh and gained a PhD in the restoration of Scottish castles from the University of Dundee. After working in education in the Netherlands for 25 years, she retired to live in Dumfries and Galloway, where she and her husband had bought and restored a sixteenth-century ruined castle. She is a former chair of the Scottish Castles Association and is Chair of the Galloway group of the National Trust for Scotland as well as a board member of Historic Environment Scotland, and is the author of A Passion for Castles (2023).
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