About Dalmoak House
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Dalmoak House, sometimes known as Dalmoak Castle, is a Category A listed building in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It was built to a Tudor Gothic design by the architect Alexander Watt in 1866–68 for John Aiken of Glasgow, a wealthy wine and spirits dealer, and was given the name "Brandy Castle" by locals.
The house includes large stained glass windows in the central hall by W. G. and J. J. Kier, who also worked on Glasgow Cathedral; these depict mythological scenes and, in the central window, the Red Hand of Ulster. The house was converted into a nursing home in the 1980s.