Taymouth Castle, Rock Lodge. General view.

Description Taymouth Castle, Rock Lodge. General view.

Date 1978

Collection Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England

Catalogue Number A 77432

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copies SC 766021

Scope and Content Rock Lodge, Taymouth Castle, Perth & Kinross, from south-east This shows Rock Lodge, which was built in the 1830s from rock-faced rubble which gives the building an extremely rustic appearance. The lodge has a two-storeyed tower adjoining a single-storeyed wing, and has Gothic arched windows and entrances. The tower was probably originally crenellated in keeping with the style of other buildings on the estate. Taymouth Castle grounds were remodelled and replanted between 1810 and 1862. The lodge was built with rustic and castellated features which followed fashionable styles of architecture of this time. The estate also employed guides to lead paying tourists around the remodelled landscape during this period. 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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