Taymouth Castle. View of central block from South

Description Taymouth Castle. View of central block from South

Date 8/9/1997

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number SC 765984

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 21733 CN

Scope and Content Central block from south, Taymouth Castle, Perth & Kinross This shows the main block which has castellated corner towers and a central square lantern (turret). Part of the three-storeyed west wing is on the left and part of the east wing is on the right. The large window of the banner hall, designed by James Gillespie Graham, is shown in the left central background. The family and guests would have entered the castle through the wooden and glass doors in the central arch of the arcade of the main block. The rooms on the second and third floors of the main block were probably bedrooms that the family and their guests would have used. The housemaids would be expected to clean the grates and sweep and dust these rooms every day. The housekeeper oversaw the daily routine of the maids that also included the emptying of chamberpots and basins from the bedrooms. Taymouth Castle was built for the Campbells of Breadalbane and stands on the site of Balloch Castle, which was built c.1550. Taymouth's main block, built between 1802 and 1810, was designed by James Elliot (1770-1810) and the east wing, built between 1818 and 1821, was designed by William Atkinson (c.1773-1839). The west pavilion, built in the early 18th century, was designed by William Adam (1689-1748) and was altered by James Gillespie Graham (1777-1855). The castle has important interior decoration by the Italian plasterer Francis Bernasconi and was visited by Queen Victoria in 1842. The Mactaggart family bought the estate in 1922 and converted the castle into a hotel and the deer park into a golf course. The castle was a convalescent home during World War II and has had several uses until c.1983 when it became unoccupied. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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