Taymouth Castle. View of main block and East range from East Digital image of D/21751/cn

Description Taymouth Castle. View of main block and East range from East Digital image of D/21751/cn

Date 8/9/1997

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

Catalogue Number SC 766007

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 21751 CN

Scope and Content Main block from east, Taymouth Castle, Perth & Kinross This shows part of the main block to the left which has castellated corner towers, a central square lantern (turret) and arched windows on the third floor. The main service rooms for the castle and staff accommodation were probably contained in the east wing part of which is shown on the right. The pathway in the centre leads to the courtyard of the east wing which is entered through a gap between two stable blocks in the east range. Servants and deliveries of supplies would have entered the castle by this route. 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.

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