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Finnart, Arrochar Road, Finnart House

Country House (19th Century)

Site Name Finnart, Arrochar Road, Finnart House

Classification Country House (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Finnart Oil Terminal

Canmore ID 161243

Site Number NS29NW 17

NGR NS 24162 95106

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Argyll And Bute
  • Parish Rhu
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Dumbarton
  • Former County Dunbartonshire

Archaeology Notes

NS29NW 17 24162 95106

For associated lodge (NS 23953 94960), see NS29SW 6.

Site Management (9 September 1994)

2-storey, gabled, asymmetrical, rambling-plan house on terrace with single storey quadrangular-plan kitchen court attached to NE. Rubble with polished sandstone margins and dressings. Base course; quoin strips. Projecting bracketted eaves.

Finnart House was designed by William Burn and is very similar to Ardarroch House, also designed by Burn to the NW of Finnart along the shore. It was the former seat of Edward Caird, a relative of John and Edward Caird, principal and professor respectively of Glasgow University. The house is now part of BP Oil depot and is surrounded by oil tanks. The house is in a neglected state. Finnart Lodge is listed separately. (Historic Scotland)

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