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Taymouth Castle. View from West North West.

D 21755 CN

Description Taymouth Castle. View from West North West.

Date 8/9/1997

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

Catalogue Number D 21755 CN

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copies SC 765993

Scope and Content Taymouth Castle, Perth & Kinross, from west-north-west This shows part of the main block in the centre which has castellated corner towers and a central square lantern (turret). The three blocks with the battlements on the right is the west wing and the building with the battlement in the left background is the east wing. The main service rooms for the castle were probably contained in the east wing along with accommodation for staff. The three-storeyed block on the right contains the library, designed by James Gillespie Graham, which spans the four bays on the first floor. The second floor of this block was probably originally family accommodation and by the 1960s it contained bedrooms and bathrooms. The cast iron staircase in front of the smallest block leads to the gallery and was probably added when the castle was converted into a hotel in the early 20th century. Taymouth Castle was built for the Campbells of Breadalbane and stands on the site of Balloch Castle, which was built c.1550. Taymouth's main block, built between 1802 and 1810, was designed by James Elliot (1770-1810) and the east wing, built between 1818 and 1821, was designed by William Atkinson (c.1773-1839). The west pavilion, built in the early 18th century, was designed by William Adam (1689-1748) and was altered by James Gillespie Graham (1777-1855). The castle has important interior decoration by the Italian plasterer Francis Bernasconi and was visited by Queen Victoria in 1842. The Mactaggart family bought the estate in 1922 and converted the castle into a hotel and the deer park into a golf course. The castle was a convalescent home during World War II and has had several uses until c.1983 when it became unoccupied. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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