Bearsden & District

Drymen Village

Photographs of the village of Drymen

Drymen is at the western end of the Campsie Fells and to the South of Loch Lomond.

In the 18th and 19th centuries Drymen was a stopover point for Highland cattle drovers.

Drymen is only a short distance off the route of the West Highland Way

and within the bounds of the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park

Clachan Inn in the village square of Drymen

Clachan Inn ( dating from 1734 )

in the village square of Drymen

Drymen

The Winnock

in the village square of Drymen

Formerly a coaching inn

the Winnock Hotel dates back to the late 17000s

Winnock Hotel

The Winnock

in the village square of Drymen

Winnock Hotel

The Winnock

in the village square of Drymen

Winnock Hotel

The Police Station at Drymen

The former Police Station at Drymen

The Parish Church ( built 1771 )

at Drymen

The Buchanan Arms Hotel at Drymen

The origins go back to the Buchanan of Drumakill,

Lairds who owned extensive lands mainly at Drymen, Ross Priory and Gartocharn.

Built in 1763 it was an Inn and Farmhouse

with the adjoining Farm of Ballanton.

About 1860 it was purchased by James 4th Duke of Montrose

and leased to a Mr Robe Buchanan

followed shortly after by Mr James Buchanan.

In 1935 the hotel was sold by Mr David Burnett to a Mr Grant.

The Hotel and Buchanan Arms Farm were next owned

by Mr Charles Guy - his brothers, Albert and Arthur,

thereafter took over control at Buchanan Arms Hotel.

The Guys sold to Scottish Highland Hotels

and, since 2013, the hotel has been

under the ownership of Nordfield Properties Ltd.