Long Row,
Menstrie, By Stirling,
Clackmannanshire
FK11 7EA
Scotland
Broomhall Castle is a Family Owned ten bedroom Hotel where we focus on excellent fresh food and you the customer.
2 Four Poster Rooms
7 Double Rooms
1 Twin/Family Room
All Ensuite
Television
Complimentary Tea and Coffee making facilities
Our ten en-suite bedrooms have all been refurbished to a high standard with Solid Wooden Beds and Quality Mattresses. Cleanliness is very important to us and we pride ourselves on our top quality cotton linen.
We are open for lunches and evening meals although booking is advisable as we only have a limited number of tables. We have a policy here at Broomhall Castle that the table is yours for the evening to ensure that you are not hurried and you can relax and enjoy your meal. On arrival why not relax in our lounge where you can browse our menu and have pre-dinner drinks, and again relax in comfort with after dinner coffees and liqueurs.
Our restaurant uses wherever possible only the finest fresh local ingredients and all food is prepared in our kitchen by our chefs, who are on hand to discuss any Special dietary requirements you may have.
We can accommodate parties of 2 ‐ 100 for meals either in our restaurant or main function room. Private rooms may be available on request.
Take the M9 from Edinburgh or the M80 from Glasgow to the Bannockburn roundabout
(exit 9) just outside Stirling. From there follow signs for the A91 to St Andrew's.
On reaching Menstrie (about 7 miles from the Bannockburn roundabout), Broomhall Castle sits on the hillside to the left of the main street at the far end of the village.
Broomhall Castle was built in 1874 and originally was a private residence built in the style of Balmoral Castle by the younger of the Johnstone Brothers.
The older brother had a local mansion called "Middleton Kerse" and when the brothers who were into shipbuilding and wool mills fell out, the younger brother built Broomhall Castle with a tower to look down upon his elder sibling.
Unfortunately in 1906 the mills and shipbuilding business they owned fell into decline and Broomhall Castle was sold to an Italian Riding School who owned it for approximately 4 Years.
In 1910 Broomhall Castle was turned into Clifford Park Boys Prep School with 10 boarders and the school flourished until 1941.
In 1941 the German Schoolmaster took the boys onto the hill "Myreton" behind the Castle for a midnight feast and the Castle along with another grand property in nearby Cumbernauld were set on fire, allowing the German planes to bomb the Clyde shipyards and use the burning buildings to fly to safety out and across the Ochil Hills.
The building was extensively damaged and left empty as a ruin until 1985 when it was rebuilt and brought into use as a nursing home.
In 2003 the current family bought Broomhall Castle with a view to turning it into a small hotel. Extensive works have been carried out including a new restaurant with exposed stonework and a lounge to enjoy your before and after dinner drinks.
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