General view of Cairndhu Hotel, Helensburgh, from south west.

Description General view of Cairndhu Hotel, Helensburgh, from south west.

Date 3/1965

Collection Records of the Scottish National Buildings Record, Edinburgh, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 1943014

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of DB 31

Scope and Content Scottish National Buildings Record. Written on verso of the mounted print: 'Shire: Dunbartonshire. Place: Helensburgh. Building: Cairndhu Hotel. Photographer: G.N. Date: March 1965. View from South West'. View of entrance front, Cairndhu, Rhu Road Lower, Helensburgh, Argyll & Bute Cairndhu, a two-storeyed asymmetrical villa, was built in 1871 to designs by architect William Leiper (1839-1916), the service wing was extended in 1902. The interior was decorated by artist Daniel Cottier (1838-91), and includes Japanese-style painted ceilings and fine stained glass panels. It was converted to a hotel in 1956, and a residential home in 1984. This shows the tower on the entrance front of the house. A balcony resting on consoles with a pilastered window above is topped by a pair of arched windows below a shaped gable. The lantern-topped roof has tall faceted chimney-stacks (left) and the curved stair-tower can be seen (centre). The façade has an advanced bay with balustrade above (far right). William Leiper began working in Helensburgh in 1870 after moving there from Glasgow. He worked on many fine buildings, ecclesiastical, commercial and domestic, but is best remembered for the remarkable Venetian façade of Templeton's carpet factory in Glasgow, built in 1889. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference MW/BR/HEL/10

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