Pricing Change
New pricing for orders of material from this site will come into place shortly. Charges for supply of digital images, digitisation on demand, prints and licensing will be altered.
Upcoming Maintenance
Please be advised that this website will undergo scheduled maintenance on the following dates:
Thursday, 9 January: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Thursday, 23 January: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Thursday, 30 January: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
During these times, some functionality such as image purchasing may be temporarily unavailable. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Taymouth Castle. View from South West
SC 765982
Description Taymouth Castle. View from South West
Date 8/9/1997
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number SC 765982
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of D 21741 CN
Scope and Content Taymouth Castle, Perth & Kinross, from south-west This shows the main block with its castellated corner towers and central square lantern (turret) which has four crenellated bartizans (small turrets) at its corners. The three-storeyed west wing on the left is encircled with a battlement, as is the east wing to the right. The family and guests would have entered the castle through the wooden and glass doors in the central arch of the arcade of the main block. The rooms on the second and third floors of the main block were probably bedrooms that the family and their guests would have used. The housemaids would be expected to clean the grates and sweep and dust these rooms every day. The housekeeper oversaw the daily routine of the maids that also included the emptying of chamberpots and basins from the bedrooms. 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.
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/765982
File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap
Attribution: © Crown Copyright: HES
Licence Type: Internally Generated
You may: copy, display, store and make derivative works [eg documents] solely for licensed personal use at home or solely for licensed educational institution use by staff and students on a secure intranet.
Under these conditions: Display Attribution, No Commercial Use or Sale, No Public Distribution [eg by hand, email, web]
