Taymouth Castle. Boiler-house, view of boiler. Digital image of D/21849/cn

Description Taymouth Castle. Boiler-house, view of boiler. Digital image of D/21849/cn

Date 8/9/1997

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

Catalogue Number SC 766036

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 21849 CN

Scope and Content Boiler in boiler house, Taymouth Castle, Perth & Kinross This shows the boiler which was made by William Wilson & Company, Lilybank Boiler Works, Glasgow and was probably installed in the boiler house by the Mactaggart family in 1922. Coal or wood was burnt in the two fireboxes in the centre which then heated the water inside the boiler. The two glass rectangular containers above the fireboxes showed the level of the water and the gauge at the top measured the pressure. The hot water was used in the bathrooms and for central heating in the main house. The majority of country houses had some form of central heating by the 1890s and estate gardeners were often responsible for the boiler house as the boiler provided heat for the hot houses as well. While the main rooms had central heating radiators, open fires were still used as the main source of heat in Taymouth Castle for many years after its installation. 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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