BLOOMHILL HOUSE
ACCESS : This is private property.
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Also see : BLOOMHILL LODGE and BLOOMHILL STABLES
This is within Argyll and Bute, but had been in the earlier boundaries of West Dunbartonshire.
Canmore tells us that this fine house was built in abou 1838 with mid 19th century additions. It is described as a 2-storey, 4-bay, gabled, rambling-plan Jacobethan villa. After years as a care home, it was subdivided and altered to form elegant townhouses in 2025.
Bloomhill was built for Alexander Ferrier in 1838. The house replaced on earlier house of the mid 1770s which was situated to the N. The once fine classical stable block of this earlier house is situated to the S and has been converted to residential use. The W lodge, Shira Lodge, is listed separately. The house is now a residential home. [Canmore].
Bloomhill Estate was at one time merged with that of Kilmahew which adjoins it. In 1839, the estate was acquired by James Burns of Bloomhill (a neighbouring estate), the son of Rev. Dr. John Burns. [Wiki].
Burns was the third son of the Revd Dr John Burns (1744–1839), minister of the Barony parish of Glasgow, and his wife, Elizabeth, née Stevenson. His eldest brother, Dr John Burns FRS, became the first professor of surgery in the University of Glasgow, and his second brother, Allan Burns, became physician to the empress of Russia at St Petersburg. [Wiki].
Burns was married twice: first, to Margaret Smith and, second, to Margaret Shortridge, who predeceased him. With Margaret Shortridge he had one son, John Burns, who inherited his estates and became chairman of the Cunard Line. [Wiki].
These photos were taken in 2014 before the recent renovations and alterations.
CANMORE : https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/apex/f?p=1505:300:::::VIEWTYPE,VIEWREF:designation,LB42904
WIKIPEDIA : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Burns_(Scottish_shipowner)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Burns_(Scottish_shipowner)
