Taymouth Castle. Stable, view showing stalls and cobbled floor. Digital image of D/21851/cn

Description Taymouth Castle. Stable, view showing stalls and cobbled floor. Digital image of D/21851/cn

Date 8/9/1997

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

Catalogue Number SC 765988

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 21851 CN

Scope and Content Interior of stables, Taymouth Castle, Perth & Kinross This shows the outline of the former stalls which are lined up to dado level with wooden 'tongue-and-groove' and blue hexagon tiles above. In the centre of each stall there is a decorative belt with a ring to which the horses would have been tied. The cobbled floor was designed to stop the horses slipping and also to be relatively easy to clean. The horses used for riding and to pull carriages were fed and rested here. The stable block was an important building on an estate as its size and style of architecture showed the wealth and standing of the owner. The servant who looked after the horses and carriages was called the groom and coachman. It was his job to muck out the stalls, feed the horses and prepare, clean and maintain the carriages. 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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