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Publication Account
Date 1990
Event ID 1019691
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1019691
Now used as the Argyll Estate Office, this rectangular court was built to house the principal stables and coach-houses serving the new castle (John Adam, architect, 1758-61; completed by William Mylne, 1772-3). The E front, with its arched entry and Venetian windows, was much admired by early visitors. The open external arcade of the range was later infilled. In 1807 Joseph Bonomi prepared a scheme (not adopted) for doubling the width of the S and E ranges with additonal stables and coach-houses equal in height to the corner pavilions. At that period the E range contained the brewhouse and laundry; the N range, poultry houses and a stable; the W range, a 'flower room' and dairy and domestic accomodation, with a large cow-house (now demolished) to the W; and the S range, stables.
Information from ‘RCAHMS Excursion guide 1990: Commissioners' field excursion, Argyll, 7-9 May 1990’.
