Taymouth Castle, Maxwell's Temple. General view. Digital image of PT/1350

Description Taymouth Castle, Maxwell's Temple. General view. Digital image of PT/1350

Date 12/1963

Collection Records of the Scottish National Buildings Record, Edinburgh, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 766030

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of PT 1350

Scope and Content Maxwell's Temple, Taymouth Castle, Perth & Kinross This shows the 'Queen Eleanor's Cross' which was built in 1831 in memory of Mary, Countess of Breadalbane, and was designed by William Atkinson. The nine-stepped base leads to the octagonal memorial which has an entrance doorway giving access to the cruciform middle stage. The square top is surmounted with a cross. The memorial is in the style of the 12 roadside crosses which were constructed by Edward I in memory of his wife, Eleanor of Castile, who died in 1290. The crosses marked the stopping places for the body and funeral procession on route to Westminster Abbey. Taymouth Castle grounds were remodelled and replanted between 1810 and 1862. This temple was built on the site of the Maxwell building which was a gazebo. The estate 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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