Museum Represents a museum WC No EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Menstrie HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear Yes DisabledAccess Yes Activities <p>Guided tours</p> OpeningTime1 2pm to 5pm IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 13141 Refreshments No Street The street address Menstrie Place Postcode FK11 7AF Parking Yes DisabledWC No LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Menstrie Castle Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived clackmannanshire Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 974 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,56.15052,-3.853608; Description An account of the resource <p>Menstrie Castle was built c1560 as a manor house by the Alexander family. It was the birthplace of Sir William Alexander, who had an illustrious career during the reign of James VI and I. In 1621 he began to establish a new colony called Nova Scotia, but the scheme failed and he lost money. Nonetheless, he improved Menstrie Castle and his town house in Stirling (Argyll's Lodging) in 1633, when he was invested 1st Earl of Stirling and Viscount Canada. In 1640, however, he died a bankrupt and broken man in London. </p><p>The house was damaged during the Civil War. James Holburne acquired it in 1648 and his grandson sold it to Alexander Abercromby of Tullibody in 1719. Sir Ralph Abercromby, the famous military commander, was born there in 1734. The Abercromby family sold the estate in 1924.</p><p>By 1951 the building was derelict, but was saved from destruction by a campaign led by the actor, broadcaster and conservationist Moultrie Kelsall. The restoration was completed in 1964. Most of the Castle was converted into flats, but two ground-floor rooms were restored as a display area. These are now owned by Clackmannanshire Council and are managed by the National Trust for Scotland.</p> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource c1560