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Latitude: 56.2886 / 56°17'19"N
Longitude: -5.5793 / 5°34'45"W
OS Eastings: 178581
OS Northings: 716445
OS Grid: NM785164
Mapcode National: GBR DDL3.55S
Mapcode Global: WH0H3.86GD
Plus Code: 9C8P7CQC+F7
Entry Name: Ardmaddy Castle
Listing Name: Ardmaddy Castle
Listing Date: 20 July 1971
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 344957
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB12226
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200344957
Location: Kilbrandon and Kilchattan
County: Argyll and Bute
Electoral Ward: Oban North and Lorn
Parish: Kilbrandon And Kilchattan
Traditional County: Argyllshire
Tagged with: Tower house
SOUTH BLOCK: 18th cent. Georgian. 2 storeys. Harled. Piended
slated roof. Band courses. Gibbsian windows. Two wings
projecting from front; 2-storey pedimented portico (with
stair) between. Inset (dated 1671) from earlier house.
Interior: 1st storey vaulted. Good rooms in 2nd.
NORTH BLOCK: 19th cent. Scots Baronial. 2 storeys and garret.
Rubble. Gabled. Slated roof. Curvilinear gablets. Pedimented
dormers. Oriel and bay windows. Octagonal tower (ashlar).
Linked to south block with pend dated 1879. Repairs to south
block dated 1924.
Ardmaddy was purchased by Earl of Breadalbane 1692. Occupied
in mid 18th cent. by Colin Campbell of Carwhin (Perthshire)
d. 1772. Heir presumptive to Earldom of Breadalbane. Summer
residence of Breadalbanes until 1933 when it was sold.
Prison for Jacobites 1745-46-47.
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