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Latitude: 55.7622 / 55°45'43"N
Longitude: -4.0153 / 4°0'55"W
OS Eastings: 273644
OS Northings: 653930
OS Grid: NS736539
Mapcode National: GBR 01DT.H8
Mapcode Global: WH4QX.9F6H
Plus Code: 9C7QQX6M+VV
Entry Name: Chatelherault Hunting Lodge And Ornamental Gardens, Chatelherault Country Park
Listing Name: Chatelherault Hunting Lodge, Ornamental Gardens Boundary and Courtyard Walls and Leopard House
Listing Date: 12 January 1971
Category: A
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 345289
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB12485
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200345289
Location: Hamilton
County: South Lanarkshire
Electoral Ward: Hamilton North and East
Parish: Hamilton
Traditional County: Lanarkshire
Tagged with: Lodge Historic house museum Visitor centre
William Adam; 1731 design built 1732-43. Ornamental
hunting lodge and "dogg Kennel", built as eyecatcher
terminating Hamilton Palace south avenue and with fantastic
long baroque symmetrical facade. Abandoned when Hamilton
Palace was demolished circa 1929, and renovated by SDD
Historic Buildings Division in conjunction with
Hamilton District Council, 1978-87.
4 2-storey ranges linked by screen walls, east-most range
contains Duke's apartment at 1st floor, with restored
Clayton plasterwork; banqueting hall in next range alongside.
Courtyard to rear (south), ha-ha wall reaches substantial
height at west, with slope of ground; dummy fortifications;
leopard house at east, mound at south-east.
All rubble and ashlar with slate roofs.
Original interior work, which included plasterwork by
Thomas Clayton continued until circa 1746, has
completely gone.
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