Windy Hill, Kilmacolm

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Art Nouveau architecture

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Windy Hill or Windyhill is a house designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and furnished by him and his wife, Margaret Macdonald, in Kilmacolm, Scotland. It is Category A listed and remains as a home in private ownership. Windy Hill is also the name of a hill in the Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park which borders Kilmacolm. ()

Completed: 1901 (123 years ago)Architectural style: Art NouveauCoordinates: 55°53'24"N, 4°37'13"W

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Day trips

Windy Hill – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Erskine Golf Club, Dumbarton Castle, Gleddoch House Hotel & Golf Club, Cardross Golf Club.

4.9 miNE
Outdoor activities, Golf
Erskine Golf Club, Bishopton
124 min walk • Erskine Golf Club is on the banks of the River Clyde at Erskine, Renfrewshire. It sits on the border between Erskine and Bishopton. The club takes its name from the former Erskine Estate.
3.9 miNE
Castle with 18th-century fortifications
Dumbarton Castle, Dumbarton
100 min walk • Dumbarton Castle has the longest recorded history of any stronghold in Scotland. It sits on a plug of volcanic basalt known as Dumbarton Rock which is 240 feet high and overlooks the Scottish town of Dumbarton.
2.4 miNE
Hotel, Golf
Gleddoch House Hotel & Golf Club, Langbank
62 min walk • Gleddoch House Hotel & Golf Club is situated in a 360-acre estate in Langbank, Renfrewshire.
5 miN
55°57'41"N • 4°38'54"W
Cardross Golf Club, Cardross
129 min walk • Golf, Outdoor activities, Nightlife
4 miNE
Football, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Dumbarton Football Stadium, Dumbarton
103 min walk • The Dumbarton Football Stadium, commonly known as The Rock, and currently named The moreroom.com Stadium for sponsorship purposes is a stadium in Dumbarton, Scotland, used mostly for football matches; it is the home ground of Dumbarton Football Club.
5.4 miNW
Arenas and stadiums, Football, Sport venue
Cappielow, Greenock
139 min walk • Cappielow Park, commonly known as Cappielow, is a football stadium in Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland. It is the home ground of Scottish Professional Football League club Greenock Morton, who have played there since 1879.
3.8 miNW
Forts and castles
Newark Castle, Port Glasgow
97 min walk • Newark Castle is a well-preserved castle sited on the south shore of the estuary of the River Clyde in Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, Scotland, where the firth gradually narrows from the Firth of Clyde and navigation upriver is made difficult by shifting sandbanks.
2.5 miN
Architecture, Garden, Park
Finlaystone House, Port Glasgow
64 min walk • Finlaystone House is a mansion and estate in the Inverclyde council area and historic county of Renfrewshire. It lies near the southern bank of the Firth of Clyde, beside the village of Langbank, in the west central Lowlands of Scotland.
5.7 miN
Botanical garden, Garden, Park
Geilston Garden, Dumbarton
146 min walk • Geilston Garden is a property of the National Trust for Scotland, north-west of Cardross, Argyll and Bute. Geilston Garden was developed more than two hundred years ago with a date given for its development being 1797, combining several features.
5.3 miNE
Forts and castles
Dunglass Castle, Bowling
136 min walk • Dunglass Castle, situated in West Dunbartonshire on a rocky cliff overlooking the River Clyde, is a 14th-century ruinous castle. It was designated as a Category B listed building in 1971. It has been graded at high risk by the Buildings at Risk Register for Scotland.
5.7 miNE
Historical place
Overtoun House, Dumbarton
145 min walk • Overtoun House is a 19th-century country house and estate in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Situated on a hill overlooking the River Clyde, it is two kilometres north of the village of Milton and three kilometres east of the town of Dumbarton.