page_title: Glenluce
section_title: Castle of Park
hierarchical_section_title: Glenluce / Castle of Park
caption_attribution_description: English: The Castle of Park is a 16th century L-plan tower house near Glenluce, in Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland. It is a category A listed building.
context_page_description: Glenluce is a small village in the parish of Old Luce in Wigtownshire, Scotland.
  It contains a village shop, a caravan park and a town hall, as well as the parish church.
context_section_description: The Castle of Park is an L-plan tower house near the village. It was built in 1596 by Thomas Hay, upon the lands given to him by his father, who was the last abbot of Glenluce Abbey. The Hay family continued to live there until 1830, when they abandoned the castle, leaving it to fall into disrepair.
  The building remained empty until 1949, when the Ministry of Works came into possession of it. They performed some restoration work on the roof, but stripped out the floors and demolished the wings, which were derelict by this time.
  From 1976-8 Historic Scotland undertook a restoration programme, repairing the walls and renewing the floors and windows. They then leased it to the Landmark Trust, who have now opened the castle to the public.
caption: The Castle of Park
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