General view of entrance gates at Pink Lodge, Ascog House, Ascog, Rothesay, Bute, from E

Description General view of entrance gates at Pink Lodge, Ascog House, Ascog, Rothesay, Bute, from E

Date 9/6/2011

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

Catalogue Number DP 102455

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. These are low, coped sandstone walls with square-plan piers topped by pyramidal cops and ball finials to outer piers. The inner piers would originally have had lamps on top. The single-storeyed, three-bayed gate lodge within the gates gets its name from its distinctive pink-coloured harling. The lodge is relatively unaltered.

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