Stonefield Castle

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Stonefield Castle

Stonefield Castle , also called Barmore House , is a country house near the village of Stonefield north of Tarbert on the Kintyre Peninsula in the Scottish administrative division of Argyll and Bute .

history

According to storytellers, the then constable of Tarbert Castle from the MacAlasdair family had the house built in the mid-18th century . He neglected about his duties as constable and Tarbert Castle fell into disrepair. As a result of his failures, he lost his job to Charles Campbell .

In 1837 the house was expanded and rebuilt. The architects William Henry Playfair and William Notman planned the renovation . Today the country house is a hotel.

description

The two-story house with an attic in its main block has an L-shaped floor plan and is kept in the Scottish Baronial style. It was built from ashlar , has a stepped gable and a roof covered with slate . It has corner turrets and a square tower with battlements . The entrance is on the southwest side and can be reached via a balustraded external staircase. The door has a decorative frame with the monograms "BM / AG". Above it is a rectangular sign with the year “1837”, flanked by depictions of a galleon and a wild boar's head. There is a bay window on the northeast facade . The extension has a full floor and an attic. The latter is provided with dormer windows and decorative gables.

Historic Scotland has listed the Stonefield Castle Hotel as a Category B Historic Building.

park

The country house is surrounded by a park created around 1850, which was included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes because of the collection of typical trees and bushes, especially rhododendrons , as part of the coastal forests typical of the Kintyre peninsula . In addition to a number of enclosed and wild gardens, there are also beautiful coastal landscapes.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stonefield Castle Hotel . 2009. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  2. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  3. ↑ a b Garden and Designed Landscape - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .

Web links

Commons : Stonefield Castle  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 55 ° 53 '28 "  N , 5 ° 25' 1.1"  W.