Bute, Ascog, Balmory Road, Ascog Hall Stable Block
Stable (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Bute, Ascog, Balmory Road, Ascog Hall Stable Block
Classification Stable (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 316484
Site Number NS16SW 82
NGR NS 10603 62946
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/316484
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kingarth
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Buteshire
Single storey U-plan outbuildings with pend, constructed of red sandstone with a formerly slated pitched roof, now a ruined shell. Formerly part of the Ascog Hall estate.
In 1856, the house was bought by a Mr Robertson Buchanan Stewart, who then passed it on to his son - Alexander Bannatyne Stewart, Convenor of Bute and a prominent figure in the Glasgow Merchant City. With the funds to back his interest in architecture, Bannatyne Stewart carried out various alterations to Ascog Hall as well as commissioning a kidney-shaped fernery in the grounds some time between 1867 and 1879 along with landscaped gardens, the nearby stables (now virtually derelict) and an impressive baronial entrance to the NE of the house were also commissioned by him. (Historic Scotland)
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