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Dower House (19th Century)

Site Name Ballure

Classification Dower House (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Ballure House

Canmore ID 70311

Site Number NR74NW 19

NGR NR 71544 49517

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Ballure House General view

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

1965

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Argyll, Ballure House, Interior. Detail of coat pegs in porch.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

1965

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Ballure House, Interior View of room over porch on first floor

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

1965

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Ballure House, Interior Detail of door in drawing room

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

1965

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Ballure House Detail of front door, open to reveal staircase

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

1965

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Ballure House, Interior Detail of fireplace in drawing room

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Argyll, Ballure House, Entarnce doorway. View of entrance doorway.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

1965

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Ballure House, Interior Detail of staircase

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SC 2598457

Argyll, Ballure House, Entarnce doorway. View of entrance doorway.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

1965

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Administrative Areas

Council Argyll And Bute
Parish Killean And Kilchenzie
Former Region Strathclyde
Former District Argyll And Bute
Former County Argyll

Archaeology Notes

NR74NW 19 71544 49517

A late-Georgian villa, probably dating from about the first decade of the 19th century. Said to have been built as a dower-house by one of the Macdonalds of Largie.

(See RCAHMS Inventory for plan.)

RCAHMS 1971, visited June 1965.

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