View of Pink Lodge, Ascog House, Ascog, Rothesay, Bute, from NE

Description View of Pink Lodge, Ascog House, Ascog, Rothesay, Bute, from NE

Date 9/6/2011

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

Catalogue Number DP 102454

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Ascog was a fairly dispersed, largely linear settlement until the mid- to late 19th century boom in building to meet the needs of the tourist trade saw Rothesay expanding to the extremities of Port Bannatyne in the north and Ascog in the south. This area became popular with wealthy Glasgow industrialists and merchants looking to set up a home from home on the island. As a result many of the dwellings here are large detached villas set in extensive grounds. As part of the Ascog House estate, Pink Lodge was possibly designed by James Hamilton (1818-61) and built c.1842. His father, David Hamilton (1768-1843) is believed to have designed the walls and gate piers to the estate around 1833. This single-storeyed, three-bayed gate lodge has a projecting gabled central entrance bay, with consoled pediment above. The single sash and case windows in the outer bays have lying-pane (horizontal) glazing. The lodge gets its name from its distinctive pink-coloured harling. The lodge is relatively unaltered.

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