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Milton House, Milton Avenue, Dunoon

A Category B Listed Building in Dunoon, Argyll and Bute

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9483 / 55°56'53"N

Longitude: -4.9268 / 4°55'36"W

OS Eastings: 217338

OS Northings: 676670

OS Grid: NS173766

Mapcode National: GBR 05.Y94Q

Mapcode Global: WH2M7.9R4C

Plus Code: 9C7QW3XF+87

Entry Name: Milton House, Milton Avenue, Dunoon

Listing Name: Milton House (District Council Offices)

Listing Date: 21 March 1990

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 363079

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB26451

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200363079

Location: Dunoon

County: Argyll and Bute

Town: Dunoon

Electoral Ward: Dunoon

Traditional County: Argyllshire

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Description

Style of David Hamilton, circa 1842. Two-storey villa in
Hamilton's own Tudoresque style, lower service wing to north;
now offices. Harled, with ashlar margins, dressings, and
chamfered ingoes: mostly hood-moulded openings; mostly
original horizontal glazing pattern (sashes); gables
crowstepped or with saw-toothed skews. Three-bay west (main
entrance) elevation 3 bays, advanced gable right with canted
ground floor window, crenellated porch in re-entrant angle,
wall-head gable to left, single window beyond, in upper
level of wing. South elevation is symmetrical, 3 finialled
and gabled window bays, the outer slightly advanced, shallow
central porch with door now a window. Tall, east-facing stair
window. Stacks have square flues linked by cornice, some cut
down. Slated roofs. Inside, ornament is classical, principal
rooms have decorative cornice plasterwork, chimney pieces
also decorative, cast-iron stair balusters a common pattern.

Statement of Interest

Milton estate passed in 1815 to John Moir of Hillfoot,

Dollar, subsequently John MacArthur-Moir.

The 1842 work may incorporate an existing house. Some service

wings demolished in recent years.

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