Woodbank House
The Woodbank House , and Hamilton House , a mansion near the Scottish town Balloch in West Dunbartonshire . In 1989 the building was included in the Scottish Monuments List in the highest category A.
history
In the 1670s, James Lindsay acquired the land on which a house called Stuckrodger already stood. In 1774 the Glasgow merchant Charles Scott of Dalquhurn bought the property. This probably caused the demolition of Stuckrodger and had Woodbank House built. In 1885 Ewing-Gilmour of Croftenga acquired the property and modified the manor house. In the 1930s, the Woodbank House was finally converted into a hotel ( Woodbank Hotel ). After an interim closure, efforts were made to resume hotel operations under the name Hamilton House Hotel in the 1980s . However, the company failed after a few years. In 1990, one year after the hotel closed, the structure was added to the Scottish register of endangered listed structures. Although a caretaker was still looking after the house, its condition deteriorated. A fire broke out in January 1996, as a result of which, among other things, the roof collapsed and parts of the masonry were lost. In 1999 there was a second fire. The building is now described as a ruin and classified in the highest risk category. Parts of the brickwork on the back have collapsed in the meantime and only part of the south side still has a roof.
description
The building is on the north-west edge of Balloch. It consists of an elongated, two-story main building and a three-story south wing that was added later. The masonry is made of quarry stone , while all openings are set off. The windows are arranged on five vertical axes, which surround a central entrance door, which is crowned by a triangular gable. A wide staircase with a wrought iron railing leads to the double-leaf door. On the other facades, design details of the east-facing front have been adopted. An opening stretches across two floors of the front of the 19th century south wing. There is a triangular gable above it. The four dormers also end with triangular gables. The former hipped roof was covered with gray slate shingles.
Individual evidence
Web links
- Entry on Woodbank House in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 56 ° 0 ′ 5.1 " N , 4 ° 35 ′ 46.8" W.