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Houses near Glasgow
10 stately homes sit within 40 miles of Glasgow. The closest is Pollok House, about 4 miles out, and the best-known nearby is Dumfries House. Sorted by real distance, not a rough guess.
There are 10 stately homes near Glasgow on this list across 7 counties. Mount Stuart is the best-rated, at 4.8 from 1,790 Google reviews. Dumfries House draws the most reviews of any house here, 2,175 of them.
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Every stately home on this list - 10 in total, 6 you can stay overnight in
Pollok House
Glasgow City · 4 mi away
1752 house that was home to the Stirling Maxwell family until the 1960s.
Holmwood
Glasgow City · 4 mi away
Villa designed by architect Alexander 'Greek' Thomson in 1857-58, regarded as his finest domestic work.
Argyll's Lodging
Stirling · 21 mi away
Scotland's most complete surviving 17th-century townhouse, built for Sir William Alexander and later enlarged for the 9th Earl of Argyll.
The Hill House
Argyll and Bute · 22 mi away
Charles Rennie Mackintosh-designed house in Helensburgh.
Kinneil House
Falkirk · 26 mi away
16th-century Hamilton family mansion where James Watt refined his separate-condenser steam engine design in a workshop beside the house.
Dumfries House
Ayrshire · 28 mi away
18th-century house saved from sale in 2007, now run as a charitable heritage and education trust with on-site accommodation.
House of the Binns
West Lothian · 30 mi away
Home of the Dalyell family for around 400 years, with 1630s plasterwork ceilings.
Mount Stuart
Isle of Bute · 30 mi away
Victorian Gothic Revival house, home of the Marquesses of Bute.
Hopetoun House
West Lothian · 32 mi away
Grand 17th/18th-century house on the Firth of Forth, home of the Hope family, run by a preservation trust.
Dalmeny House
West Lothian · 37 mi away
Gothic Revival house on the Firth of Forth, home of the Earls of Rosebery.
Distances are straight-line ("as the crow flies"), not driving or train time - check the operator's own site for real travel options before you go.
Common questions
How many stately homes can you visit near Glasgow?
10 stately homes near Glasgow are on this list, spread across 7 counties. Every one of them opens to visitors in some form, whether that is a ticketed house, a regular tour or a hotel occupying the building itself.
Which is the best-rated stately home near Glasgow?
Mount Stuart on the Isle of Bute, rated 4.8 from 1,790 Google reviews. Only houses with at least 100 reviews are considered, so a high score from a handful of visitors does not top the list.
Which stately home near Glasgow is the most reviewed?
Dumfries House in Ayrshire, with 2,175 Google reviews at 4.7. That is a rough proxy for how well known and how busy a house is, not a visitor figure, which no house here publishes.
Are any stately homes near Glasgow free to enter?
None of the 10 on this list is recorded as free entry. Entry prices are set by each house rather than held here, and several are covered by a membership scheme, so check the operator's own site before you travel.
Who runs the stately homes near Glasgow?
Of the 10 on this list, 2 are run by Historic Environment Scotland, 4 are run by the National Trust for Scotland and the remaining 4 by private estates, independent trusts or local councils. Who owns a house decides whether a membership card gets you in, so each entry names its operator and links to the official site.