MHG18 - Ardgour House

Summary

Mid C18 country house

Type and Period (1)

COUNTRY HOUSE (BUILT 1560; REBUILT POST MEDIEVAL; , Post Medieval - 1560 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status

Listed Building (B) 1687: Ardgour House

Full Description

Ardgour House, a small mansion, occupies the site of an earlier residence, established as the principal messuage of the barony of Ardgour by a royal charter of 1542 and commonly known until the 18th century as Cuil or Coull. The present house was built in 1765 and reconstructed after being gutted by fire in 1825.
Visited June 1973.
RCAHMS 1980.

Sources/Archives (1)

--- SHG2660 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1980. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Argyll: an inventory of the monuments volume 3: Mull, Tiree, Coll and Northern Argyll (excluding the early medieval and later monuments of Iona). . 227-8, no. 349.

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Grid reference	Centred NM 9954 6383 (40m by 40m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NM96SE
Civil Parish	ARDGOUR
Geographical Area	LOCHABER

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External Links (2)

http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB1687 (Online designation description (Historic Environment Scotland))
https://canmore.org.uk/site/76455 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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