Glen Finart, Glenfinart House
Country House (19th Century), Military Headquarters (Second World War)
Site Name Glen Finart, Glenfinart House
Classification Country House (19th Century), Military Headquarters (Second World War)
Alternative Name(s) Glenfinnart; Hms Armadillo
Canmore ID 151052
Site Number NS18NE 12
NGR NS 1847 8843
NGR Description Centred NS 1847 8843
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/151052
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Dunoon And Kilmun
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NS18NE 12 centred 1847 8843
House now demolished.
Headquarters of HMS Armadillo, Royal Navy Commando training base. Training in landing craft techniques particularly disembarkation and re-embarkation, beach obstacles.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), April 2008
4 storey tower with a corbelled and crenellated parapet, formerly the entrance to Glenfinart House. The tower is of polished ashlar and features hoodmoulds and bay and oriel windows. The motto over the porch reads "De Tout Mon Coeur".
Glenfinart was raised on the site of an earlier house with further additions in 1896 by William Hunter McNab. Much of the house was demolished following a serious fire in the late 1960s, leaving the tower and entrance as a free standing structure.
