Gleneagles Hotel
Location type
Name and dates
Gleneagles Hotel (1924-)Opened on the Gleneagles Station and Gleneagles Hotel Branch (Caledonian Railway).
Description
Gleneagles Hotel, Golf Course and Spa
The hotel is a mile to the north west of Gleneagles station, rebuilt for the overall plan to develop a resort.
The main building is three storeys and an attic. The architect was Matthew Adam.
Local
Construction began under the Caledonian Railway who also rebuilt their nearby Gleneagles station around the same time. The hotel was completed by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. A siding, from the Crieff Junction Railway, served the hotel. The hotel was sold by British Transport Hotels in 1981 and is now independent of railway.
Tags
Hotel08/11/2019
Facilities
Listing: B
| Nearby stations Gleneagles Gleneagles [1st] Tullibardine Blackford Auchterarder Muthill Carsebreck Strageath Halt Greenloaning Innerpeffray Highlandman Abercairny Dunning Pittenzie Halt Crieff [2nd] | Gleneagles Tip Gleneagles Summit Blackford Mail Apparatus Highland Spring Kincardine Glen Viaduct Machany Water Viaduct Dalpatrick Ford Tourist/other Tullibardine Chapel Blackford Old Parish Church Strathallan Castle Strathallan Airfield Innerpeffray Chapel Muthill Old Church and Tower Ardoch Roman Fort Whitemoss Level Crossing |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
A source for stoneStone for the hotel's construction was brought from the Jerviston Viaduct (just north of Motherwell), the piers of which were demolished in 1922/3. The stone was transported to the hotel to be used in the landscaping of the hotel grounds. |
Chronology Dates
| 30/09/1913 | Gleneagles Ltd The company, which will build the Gleneagles Hotel, is created in 1913. The Caledonian Railway is authorised to subscribe to the hotel. |
News items
| 29/09/2023 | The Scots station hotels built to serve a golden age of rail [The Herald] |
| 12/11/2020 | Gleneagles Hotel closes for 11 weeks after tougher local Covid restrictions [BBC News] |
Books
 Branch Lines of Strathearn: Tourists, Tatties and Trains |
