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Rosneath Home Farm

Farmstead (19th Century)

Site Name Rosneath Home Farm

Classification Farmstead (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Rosneath Castle Estate, Home Farm; Rosneath Castle Policies, Steading; Roseneath Castle Stables

Canmore ID 161185

Site Number NS28SE 84

NGR NS 26564 81414

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Argyll And Bute
  • Parish Rosneath
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Dumbarton
  • Former County Dunbartonshire

Architecture Notes

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Architect: Alexander Nasmyth 1801

Site Management (24 April 1996)

Large, symmetrical castellated Gothick steading; plan forming 3 sides of octagon with centre tower. Ashlar, sandstone and whinstone rubble with harl (some cement render). Pointed windows, bracketted cills; hoodmoulds; castellated parapet. OUTBUILDINGS: various lean-to, cast-iron buildings. Long semicircular, corrugated-iron pigsty immediately beside NE jamb.

Rosneath Home Farm served Rosneath Castle, the original home of the Campbell's (Historic Scotland).

Activities

Photographic Survey (May 1961)

Photographic survey by the Scottish National Buildings Record in May 1961.

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