Shandon, Shore Road, Blairvadach
Country House (19th Century), Tower House (Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Shandon, Shore Road, Blairvadach
Classification Country House (19th Century), Tower House (Medieval)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Blairvadock; Blairvadic Castle; Blairvaddock
Canmore ID 41424
Site Number NS28NE 6
NGR NS 26289 85333
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/41424
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Rhu
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Dumbarton
- Former County Dunbartonshire
NS28NE 6.00 26289 85333
(NS 2629 8532) Blairvadock (NAT)
OS 6" map (1923).
NS28NE 6.01 NS 2605 8530 Lodge
NS28NE 6.02 NS 2626 8513 Farmsteading
NS28NE 6.03 NS 26256 85343 Terrace
NS28NE 6.04 NS 26315 85342 Laundry
NS28NE 6.05 centred NS 2617 8517 Prisoner-of War camp
The oldest inhabited house in Rhu parish was formerly Blairvadic Castle, situated about a mile above the Rov, much resembling a border keep or peel. It is now pulled down, and its place occupied by a modern castle.
W Battrum 1864
The mansion of Blairvaddock is mentioned in 1558.
W Fraser 1869
No further information was found regarding Blairvadock Castle. The present mansion house is entirely modern and shows no trace of antiquity.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 15 January 1963
Blairvadach [NAT]
OS 1:2500 map, 1967.
NS28NE 6.00 26289 85333
NS28NE 6.01 NS 2605 8530 Lodge
NS28NE 6.02 NS 2626 8513 Farmsteading
NS28NE 6.03 NS 26256 85343 Terrace
NS28NE 6.04 NS 26315 85342 Laundry Block
NMRS REFERENCE:
Architect: J T Rochead
Bedford Lemar Book, London. Book 5, 1903, 17873, 17874 - negatives.
Field Visit (August 1977)
Blairvadock Castle NS 262 853 NS28NE 6
The modern mansion of Blairvadach may occupy the site of a house or castle known to have been in existence in 1558.
RCAHMS 1978, visited August 1977
(Battrum 1865, 51; Fraser 1869, ii, 101)
