Architecture Notes

Event ID 870823

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Architecture Notes

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NS28NE 41.00 25143 87413

NS28NE 41.01 NS 2515 8752 Walled garden

NS28NE 41.02 NS 2521 8732 Estate bridge

NMRS REFERENCE:

ARCHITECT: Charles Wilson 1849

Shandon is depicted as roofed on the 1st Edition of the OS 6-nch map (Dumbartonshire 1865-9, sheet xii), to the N of the A814 on the E shore of the Gareloch at Shandon village. Set within grounds of about 16 hectares, with two lodges, offices and other estate features including an ornamental bridge (NT28NE 41.02).

The house is owned by the Ministry of Defence and has not been occupied for some years and is derelict at present.

The Object Name Book of the Ordnance Survey (ONB) describes the house as 'A superior mansion house with a portion of ornamental ground attached, the property of the occupier Walter Buchanan Esq. A.O. - The word 'house' is not used with the name (Name Book 1861)'. Walter Buchanan was the M.P. for Glasgow City and following his death the house was sold to a William Jamieson Esq.