Ardmaddy Castle
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Ardmaddy Castle
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Ardmaddy House; Ardmaddy
Canmore ID 22606
Site Number NM71NE 3
NGR NM 78581 16445
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/22606
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilbrandon And Kilchattan
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM71NE 3.00 78581 16445
NM71NE 3.01 NM 7855 1649 Court of Offices (stable block)
NM71NE 3.02 NM 7870 1645 Garden bridge
NM71NE 3.03 NM 7860 1575 Marble quarry
(NM 7857 1645) Ardmaddy Castle (NR)
OS 6" map, Argyllshire, 2nd ed., (1900)
The castle, which is a very old building, stands on a conicial eminence, which has the appearance of an artifical mound.
New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845; Name Book 1870.
Ardmaddy House: South block - 18th century, Georgian. 2 storeys, harled. North block - 19th century Scots baronial. 2 storeys and garret. Rubble-walled.
SDD 1960-
Ardmaddy Castle was burnt down in 1620 and rebuilt by the Campbells in 1671. In 1692, it was exchanged with the Duke of Argyll for other lands in Loch Awe (information from Major Struthers, Ardmaddy Castle).
Not of outstanding architetural interest.
Visited by OS (RD) 22 September 1971.
Related sites:
NM71NE 3.01 Ardmaddy Castle, Court of Offices
NM71NE 3.02 Ardmaddy Castle, Garden Bridge
NM71NE 3.03 Ardmaddy Castle, Marble Quarry
NM71NE 51 Ardmaddy Castle, Boat House
ARCHITECTS:
James Gillespie Graham - stables, 1838
David Bryce - erected house in 1862 originnly designed by Gillespie Graham in 1838
Thomas McCrae - alterations to mid-18th Century wing, 1924
REFERENCE:
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF SCOTLAND (SCOTTISH RECORD OFFICE)
GD 112/15
Vouchers of Factors Accounts 1643 - 1797.
GD 209/16
William Duff, mason, for viewing old house of Ardmaddy and making a plan and estimate of a new house to be built there, 1730 - 1731.
90 112/16 (Breadalbane)
3/1/1
Inventory of plans, elevations, working mouldings etc., prepared for Ardmaddy Castle. n.d.
3/1/2
Measurement of work from plans of court of stables offices at Ardmaddy. James Gillespie Graham Esq. With a sketch of carving at the bottom of a window.
Report on proposed building at the House of Ardmaddy.
Letter from James Gillespie Graam, Architect [1776-1855] to Sir William Drummond Stewart in St Louis.
[Details of proposals follow]
1838 GD 121/Box101/Vol xxi/87
[Cross reference GD 112/20/5]
Proposed improvements to the House of Ardmaddy.
He has also prepared a design for the improvement of the house of Ardmaddy, which with additions is to be converted into the character of The Scottish Castle possessed by the barons of old. Also a handsome Court of Offices placed at the bottom of the bank and to be united with the Castle by a between wall with loopholes in it. The stabes are being roofed but the Castle will not be undertaken next year.
1838 GD 121/Box101/Vol xxi/89
(Stewart of Grandtully)