Lanrick Castle
Lanrick Castle was a castle near Stirling in Scotland on the right bank of the River Teith .
history
It was built in the 1790s by James Gillespie Graham or Andrew Heiton junior and once belonged to the Menteith dynasty, but passed into the possession of the Haldanes by marriage and later to Sir John Murray McGregor, a head of the McGregor clan , sold, which is why it was sometimes known as Clan Gregor Castle. The Lanrick Macgregor Monument belonged to the property from that time on . In 1830 Evan McGregor sold the castle to the opium dealer William Jardine , one of the founders of Jardine Matheson Holdings . The castle had not been inhabited since around 1930 and was falling into disrepair; In 1994 a fire destroyed the interior, as far as it was still there, and the roof.
The demolition
When a storm caused severe damage in February 2002, its owner Alistair Dickson had the castle demolished without further ado, even though it was on Scotland's B list of buildings worth protecting and preserving, as the repair would have been priceless for him.
His act aroused not only outrage, but also understanding, as Lanrick Castle was one of the buildings that had been recognized as worthy of protection, but the owners received no financial support for their maintenance. After the destruction became known, it was discussed whether Alistair Dickson should be forced to rebuild the structure, but he got away with a fine.
Neo-Gothic wall paneling, a bay window and furniture remained of the castle with its towers and battlements, which had been sold to Germany in 1987, reworked and integrated into a hotel hall in Bad Oberdorf . These parts date from 1832 and are signed "George Bell".
Reactions
Brian Parnell from the Stirling Civic Trust commented on the architectural style in an interview shortly after the demolition: It was a very unusual building - you could not say it was one particular style or another. The Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland called it a handsome modern castellated edifice, with very fine grounds . But just a few days after the castle was destroyed, a comment on what had happened could be read: Let the heritage boffins weep no crocodile tears over Lanrick. The castle was monstrous and ugly. The public would rightly have been outraged if millions of pounds were wasted propping it up. Scotland is not diminished by Lanrick's passing and that, therefore, should be the end of that.
Parts received
Library sheet
Wall paneling
"Castle room" with wall and ceiling paneling, bay window and arched window
Chimney surround
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Laird demolishes historic castle. In: BBC News , February 19, 2002.
- ↑ Lanrick Castle. In: Francis H. Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. Volume 4: (Har - Lib). Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh et al. 1885, p. 466 .
- ↑ Katie Grant: Lanrick's passing. In: The Scotsmans. Scotland on Sunday , 23 February 2002.
Coordinates: 56 ° 12 ′ 10 ″ N , 4 ° 7 ′ 1 ″ W.