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Taymouth Castle, Rustic Lodge. General view from South-East.
PT 591
Description Taymouth Castle, Rustic Lodge. General view from South-East.
Date 6/1965
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number PT 591
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 766017
Scope and Content Rustic Lodge from south-east, Taymouth Castle, Perth & Kinross This shows Rustic Lodge, which was built in the 1830s from rock-faced rubble. The large portico (porch) has a piend roof (roof with four sloping sides) with undulating eaves and is supported on log-columns. The door of the entrance porch has rustic patterned wood detail. The lodge is located beside the main road from Tummel Bridge to the north of the castle and was probably lived in by an estate worker. Taymouth Castle grounds were remodelled and replanted between 1810 and 1862. This 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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