Abbadia

Although it was built in an old-fashioned Gothic style, this chateau is not really all that old.  It was designed and built as a wealthy man's fantasy and also his astronomical observatory around 150 years ago.  During the second world war, it was occupied by the Germans and ended up in a terrible state.

Now, when you go inside, everything looks perfect. They have spent a fortune re-doing all the mural paintings and replacing all the fabrics and stained glass.  The work was finished in 2004.  The house is still used by the Abbadie family so you are not allowed to take photos of the inside.  I took one sneaky one in the library of this book to show how important Glasgow was in the world of science.

The outside is covered in carvings of exotic animals .... and cats catching rats