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Latitude: 55.5651 / 55°33'54"N
Longitude: -5.697 / 5°41'49"W
OS Eastings: 166993
OS Northings: 636362
OS Grid: NR669363
Mapcode National: GBR DG90.C7S
Mapcode Global: WH0LJ.GDC2
Plus Code: 9C7PH883+26
Entry Name: Glenbarr Abbey
Listing Name: Barr House (Glenbarr Abbey)
Listing Date: 28 August 1980
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 344665
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB12009
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200344665
Location: Killean and Kilchenzie
County: Argyll and Bute
Electoral Ward: Kintyre and the Islands
Parish: Killean And Kilchenzie
Traditional County: Argyllshire
Tagged with: Country house
Old house altered and extended c. 1815 in 'Gothick' style.
2 storeys and laigh floor. Random rubble; dressed facework.
Piended slated roofs. Crenellated parapets.
Buttresses. Hood-mouldings. Extension (to W.) has
'church-like' projection with pinnacles. South Wing,
in similar style but dated 1844, comprising 3 blocks of
diminishing heights. Interior: Stair Hall (with ribbed
plaster vault) noteworthy.
The Gothic alterations and W. wing are attributable on
stylistic grounds to James Gillespie Graham.
Altered for Colonel Matthew Macalister who acquired
Glenbarr from Campbell of Barbreck (Craignish) c. 1800.
Never an abbey but so-called in the 'Gothic' fashion of
early 1800's. South Wing built for Keith Macalister, in
whose family it remains.
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