History

Breadalbane was built in 1912. One of its first owners was a local doctor and his family, the Campbells, who lived here until about 1940. It was they who gave the house its name, Breadalbane, after a small Scottish village where their family had come from. Over the years it has been a family home, though the lower ground floor was used for many years as a private school. 

During the Second World War, German bombers attacked the neighbouring Castleford Boys' Secondary Modern School - which now stands empty - believing it to be a munitions factory. Shrapnel from one of the bombs penetrated the stained glass window in the wood panelled hall (which was set in the external rear wall of the house before the residential extension was added in 1990) and lodged itself in the beam above the staircase. 
The entry point of the shrapnel can still be seen.

Extension work began on Breadalbane in September 1990 to construct ten additional bedrooms and bathroom facilities on three stories. Every effort has been made to retain the character of the original house, which I am sure you will agree is most impressive. 

Breadalbane opened as a residential home on 16th December 1991.