Tullichewan Castle

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Tullichewan Castle was a country house on the western outskirts of Alexandria in the Scottish administrative division of West Dunbartonshire near Loch Lomond . It was built in 1792 and demolished in 1954.

history

The site was originally called "Toloch Eoghain" (English: Hill of Eoghan). It was acquired by the Colquhoun clan in the 17th century . It was called "Tully-Colquhoun" or "Tillyquhoun", later "Tullichewan". In 1792 the family sold it to James Buchanan .

Tullichewan Castle was designed in 1792 by the architect Robert Lugar , who also designed Balloch Castle . It is the first example of an asymmetrical neo-Gothic house in Scotland. The Horrocks family bought the house in 1817 and lived there until 1843. The property was then sold to William Campbell by J. & W. Campbell , a trading company in Glasgow , and remained in the family's hands until the 20th century.

The last owner was J. Scott Anderson who bought the house around 1930. With the outbreak of World War II , the Tullichewan property was requisitioned by the Royal Navy , which kept it until the end of the war. Tullichewan Castle Camp served different purposes. After the war, the house was used as accommodation for workers in the Royal Navy torpedo factory in Alexandria. After the war ended, Mr. J. Scott Anderson returned to the house and lived there until the maintenance effort was beyond its capabilities. The country house was then uninhabited until it was blown up in 1954.

Although modern housing took up most of the earlier property, a number of remains of the house remained. The A82 and A811 highways were built over the former property; there are now housing estates and the Vale of Leven Hospital . The former stables and a fragment of the old tower can still be seen from the A82. The North Lodge has risen in the Tullichewan Caravan Park , where there used to be a fenced-in orchard. The South Lodge can still be seen today on the main drag of Alexandria, north of the entrance to Christie Park . Nothing is left of the Royal Navy camp.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History . Sheildaig Farm B&B. Archived from the original on February 28, 2009. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 5, 2009. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sheildaigfarm.co.uk
  2. ↑ a b c HMS Tullichewan . Secret Scotland. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  3. ↑ a b Tullichewan During World War 2 . The Vale of Leven. Retrieved February 21, 2018.

Coordinates: 55 ° 59 ′ 44.2 "  N , 4 ° 35 ′ 46.7"  W.