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Castle Toward. General view from North.

B 4592

Description Castle Toward. General view from North.

Date 9/1988

Catalogue Number B 4592

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copies SC 559126

Scope and Content View of Castle Toward from the north, Argyll and Bute Castle Toward was built in two stages. The original house was erected in 1820 for Kirkman Finlay, a wealthy Glasgow merchant. In 1920-4 the west section of the house was added for Andrew Coats, a member of the Paisley thread-making family. The north façade is dominated by a tower which is octagonal at the upper storey and has a battlemented parapet. The chimney-stacks are also octagonal. The original section of the house lies to the left, while the most recent part is on the right. The architect David Hamilton (1768-1843) designed the original house in a Gothic castellated style in 1820. It was one of his more conventional designs. A century later, the house was altered and extended by Francis Deas (1862-1951) using the same style. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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