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Balloch, Luss Road, Hamilton House
Hotel (Period Unassigned), House (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Balloch, Luss Road, Hamilton House
Classification Hotel (Period Unassigned), House (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Hamilton House Hotel; Woodbank House
Canmore ID 127978
Site Number NS38SE 47
NGR NS 38188 81758
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/127978
- Council West Dunbartonshire
- Parish Bonhill (West Dunbartonshire)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Dumbarton
- Former County Dunbartonshire
2-storey over basement, 5-bay, rectangular-plan main block; with large 3-storey, 5-bay later 19th century addition at right angles to S. Stucco over rubble; raised ashlar margins; rusticated quoins; eaves cornice.
The land was settled on James Lindsay and his wife Sarah Brisbane Lindsay in 1670, and a house stood on the site at this time. The property was called Stuckrodger at this time. In 1774 Stuckrodger was acquired by Charles Scott of Dalquhurn, a Glasgow merchant and it appears that the house as it now appears dates from this time. The house name was changed to Woodbank.
In 1885 William Ewing-Gilmour of Croftenga was the occupant of the house and it is likely that the later additions date from his occupancy, the coat of arms on the W wall is the same as that on the Masonic Hall in Alexandria. The house bcame a hotel in the 1930s, and became the Hamilton House Hotel in the 1980s. (Historic Scotland)
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