General view of East Gatelodge and bridge, Poltalloch House Estate.

Description General view of East Gatelodge and bridge, Poltalloch House Estate.

Date 1962

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

Catalogue Number SC 2261433

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of NBR 254/A/4/13

Scope and Content Annotated and stamped on the mounted print: 'Scottish National Buildings Record. Shire: Argyll. Place: Poltalloch House. Building: Gatelodge, Bridge. Poltalloch Estate. Photographer: D.H.S. Date: 1962. View from NNE'. Bridge and East Lodge, Poltalloch House, Argyll & Bute, from west This shows the East Lodge with the roadway over the bridge in front. The two-storeyed, rubble-built lodge has sandstone quoins (corners), chimneys and margins around the doors and windows. The gables have bay windows on the ground floor and elaborately carved bargeboards around the eaves. The bridge has diamond-patterned stone balustrades with four square piers topped with tapered finials at each corner. Gatehouses were located around the estate perimeter and were occupied by the servant and his family who opened and closed the gates leading to the country house. The buildings were designed to hint at the quality of the architecture of the main house or constructed in an architectural style favoured by the owner of the estate. William Burn (1789-1870) built Poltalloch House for the Malcolm family between 1849 and 1853 in an English Jacobean style, and William Andrews Nesfield (1793-1881) designed the gardens at the same time. The roof of the house was removed in 1957 when the Malcolms moved to Duntrune Castle and the house has remained a ruin ever since. William Burn also designed the East Lodge which was built between 1854 and 1855. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference NBR 254

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