Maam steading

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As Maam Steading the stables is Maam farm called. The farm is located in the Scottish Council Area Argyll and Bute a few kilometers northeast of Inveraray and is on the grounds of Inveraray Castle in the Glen Shira valley . The Shira River passes the buildings to the east. Maam Steading is accessed via a path connecting the various facilities of Inveraray Castle via the Dubh Loch Bridge .

In the 1780s, the Duke of Argyll commissioned the construction of the farm. Robert Mylne , who also built numerous other buildings for the Duke, was commissioned with the planning as the architect . Around 1786 two similar plans for the buildings that have survived to this day were submitted, both of which are similar to the actually built courtyard, but do not correspond to it in detail. Construction was finally completed in 1790. The lead stonemason was John Mason . In 1971 the Maam Steading was included in the Scottish List of Monuments in the highest category A.

description

Maam Steading was built in the neo-Gothic style. In the center is the two-story barn, which is made of quarry stone and clad with slate. On the basis of traces it can be concluded that this building was once plastered using the traditional Harling technique. Through a central, semicircular bulge, a doorway tapering into a simple pointed arch leads onto the site. The barn closes with encircling battlements and has two hipped roofs next to each other . These are now covered with corrugated metal, although slate shingles were probably used in the original state. On the back of the building there is another above the pointed arch of the gateway. Material that was once stored was unloaded into the yard through this opening. On both sides of the gateway there are now blind window openings, which also have pointed arches. On the upper floor, on the other hand, there are two ox eyes, which are now also blind, and another ox eye above the upper pointed arch. One-story stables extend from both sides of the barn. These each describe a quarter circle so that a semicircular structure is created. The blunt ends of the semicircle close with castle-like curtain walls. Originally it was planned to run the stables in a full circle, but the construction was canceled at this stage and never completed.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Entry on Maam Steading  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  2. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .

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Coordinates: 56 ° 16 '12.1 "  N , 5 ° 2' 3.5"  W.