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Glenbarr Abbey
Country House (19th Century), Lairds House (18th Century)
Site Name Glenbarr Abbey
Classification Country House (19th Century), Lairds House (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Barr House
Canmore ID 83067
Site Number NR63NE 34
NGR NR 66993 36362
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/83067
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Killean And Kilchenzie
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR63NE 34 66993 36362
Glenbarr Abbey [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, April 2010.
See also NR63NE 32.
Glenbarr Abbey now Barr House, the seat of the MacAlisters of Glenbarr, originated as a laird's house of the third quarter of the 18th century to which additions were made in the first and second quarters of the 19th century.
RCAHMS 1971, visited July 1964.
Old house altered and extended c. 1815 in 'Gothick' style. 2 storeys and laigh floor. Random rubble; dressed facework. Piended slated roofs. Crenellated parapets. Buttresses. Hood-mouldings. Extension (to W.) has 'church-like' projection with pinnacles. South Wing, in similar style but dated 1844, comprising 3 blocks of diminishing heights. Interior: Stair Hall (with ribbed plaster vault) noteworthy. The Gothic alterations and W. wing are attributable on stylistic grounds to James Gillespie Graham.
Altered for Colonel Matthew Macalister who acquired Glenbarr from Campbell of Barbreck (Craignish) c. 1800. Never an abbey but so-called in the 'Gothic' fashion of early 1800's. South Wing built for Keith Macalister, in whose family it remains. (Historic Scotland)
Probably mid 18th century, 3-bay laird's house survives in the centre of the North front. (Walker)
