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Hafton House Interior - detail of central lantern above staircase
B 22488
Description Hafton House Interior - detail of central lantern above staircase
Date c. 1988
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number B 22488
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 558790
Scope and Content View of central lantern in Hafton House, Argyll and Bute Originally, Hafton House was a late 18th-century mansion known as Orchard Park. It was bought around 1816 by James Hunter who had it transformed into a Tudor Gothic mansion by the architect David Hamilton (1768-1843). Other changes were made in the 1840s. The main internal change of 1840 was a new stair hall which was surmounted by an elaborate ribbed ceiling which incorporated a circular lantern and shallow dome. The windows of the small circular turret, or lantern, are decorated with fleur-de-lys. The interior of the house is consistently Gothic. By 1830, with his son James, David Hamilton was experimenting with Scots Jacobean and Neo-Norman style. It is likely James was involved in the changes to Hafton House in 1840. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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