Glasgow for Sale: The incredible Park Circus property where thousands said 'I do' still on sale two years later

Thousands of Glaswegians said “I do” inside this building, and now the whole of it could be yours for offers over £2.5 million. La Casa, the former Italian consulate and register office at 22 Park Circus, is still on the market more than two years after it was first listed, with no change in the asking price.

The Victorian townhouse is built in dressed stone with a slate roof and extends to almost 12,000 sq ft over four floors. Savills is marketing it with nine bedrooms and six bathrooms. It was built in the 1870s for Walter Macfarlane, founder of the Saracen Foundry, whose ornate forged metalwork still runs throughout the house.

Inside, Ionic columns frame a broad marble staircase that rises to the first-floor reception rooms. Other period details include an Art Nouveau billiards room, a glass-domed anteroom, elaborate plasterwork, parquet floors, wall friezes and fine wood carving.

The building became an Italian social club in the early 1930s and was known as Casa d’Italia, later serving as the Italian consulate. It then became Glasgow’s register office, where countless couples were married. More recent refurbishment added two kitchens, modern bathrooms and a lift.

Savills suggests La Casa could become a single family home with self-contained staff quarters. With the relevant consents, it could also be split into a handful of high-end flats, returned to diplomatic use or turned into an events venue.

Park Circus was laid out by architect Charles Wilson in the 1850s. Its 29 townhouses surround one and a half acres of private gardens for residents, on the edge of Kelvingrove Park. The house is Category A listed and sits within the Park conservation area.

Rightmove’s mortgage calculator puts monthly repayments at about £12,579 with a 10 per cent deposit.

You can read more about the property here.