Taymouth Castle, Fort Lodge. General view from South.

Description Taymouth Castle, Fort Lodge. General view from South.

Date 6/1965

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number PT 585

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copies SC 766018

Scope and Content Fort Lodge from west-north-west, Taymouth Castle, Perth & Kinross This shows Fort Lodge, which was built in the 1830s. The large porch has a piend roof (roof with four sloping sides) with undulating eaves and is supported on log-columns. The wall of the cottage under the porch has rustic patterned wood decoration which is carried under the eaves. The smooth ashlar octagonal chimney stack is castellated which is a common feature of the architecture of the castle and other buildings on the estate. Taymouth Castle grounds were remodelled and replanted between 1810 and 1862. The cottage was built in a rustic style which was fashionable at this time and complemented the Gothic and rustic appearance of other garden buildings on the estate. The estate also employed guides to lead paying tourists around the remodelled landscape during this period. Taymouth Castle was built for the Campbells of Breadalbane and stands on the site of Balloch Castle, which was built c.1550. Taymouth's main block, built between 1802 and 1810, was designed by James Elliot (1770-1810) and the east wing, built between 1818 and 1821, was designed by William Atkinson (c.1773-1839). The west pavilion, built in the early 18th century, was designed by William Adam (1689-1748) and was altered by James Gillespie Graham (1777-1855). The castle has important interior decoration by the Italian plasterer Francis Bernasconi and was visited by Queen Victoria in 1842. The Mactaggart family bought the estate in 1922 and converted the castle into a hotel and the deer park into a golf course. The castle was a convalescent home during World War II and has had several uses until c.1983 when it became unoccupied. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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