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SELDOM does old and new come together in a home as successful­ly or with such visual impact and appeal as a one-off conversion in Motherwell. The Glencairn Wing is housed within A-listed Dalzell

House, a magnificen­t 15th Century baronial mansion built for the Dalzell family who owned the land and occupied the house – with the addition of 17th, 18th and 19th Century extensions – for 400 years.

Having served as a military hospital during the First World War and later a boy’s preparator­y school, the house was

sympatheti­cally developed in the 1980s into 18 private apartments, one being the ground floor Glencairn Wing, which has its own front and back door access to stunning estate grounds (also protected by A-listed status) that include a variety of walking and running routes and tranquil Japanese garden.

The communal main entrance hall, with its original oak panelled walls and ornate barrelvaul­ted ceiling, is outstandin­g and paves the way for what awaits within this unique apartment.

Upgraded with no expense spared or detail too small by the present owners, to include

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