Balmory House

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Balmory House is the name of a villa in the Scottish village of Ascog on the island of Bute in the Council Area Argyll and Bute . The building is located off the coast of the Firth of Clyde a few kilometers southeast of Rothesay , the island's capital. In 1998, Balmory House was listed in the Scottish Monuments List in the highest category A.

history

The wealthy merchant Thomas Croil from Glasgow in 1861 acquired 2.5 hectares of land at a cost of £ 1,140 and an annual lease fee of £ 5. There he immediately had a villa built, the planning architect of which, despite the good documentation, has not been passed down. Croil was forbidden to produce some goods on the acquired area and to sell them for profit. However, he was allowed to extract stones from the soil realm in order to build new buildings from them. He was again forbidden to trade in them. After the devastating fire at the nearby Mount Stuart House , John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute, may have lived in Balmory House for some time until today's Mount Stuart House was completed. After the villa later belonged to a Robert Laidlaw , the Salvation Army acquired the building in 1927 and renamed it Laidlaw Memorial Home . In 1993, Balmory House returned to private ownership.

description

Balmory House is a three-storey building that is almost axially symmetrical. It is described as a typical example of modern Italian villa architecture in Scotland. The front is on the east side and leads into the park-like garden, while the entrance area is on the north side. The villa has decorative ribbons made of yellow sandstone and ends with a gray, slate roof. The interior design with columns and decorative mirrors is also explicitly mentioned as important in the monument documents. Balmory House is still largely in its original condition.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .

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Coordinates: 55 ° 49 '16.3 "  N , 5 ° 1' 41.4"  W.