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Latitude: 56.2317 / 56°13'54"N
Longitude: -5.074 / 5°4'26"W
OS Eastings: 209554
OS Northings: 708601
OS Grid: NN095086
Mapcode National: GBR 00.C634
Mapcode Global: WH1JP.1M2K
Plus Code: 9C8P6WJG+M9
Entry Name: Argyll Arms Hotel, Front Street West, Inveraray
Listing Name: West Front Street and Dalmally Road, the Great Inn
Listing Date: 4 August 1966
Category: A
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 379454
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB35011
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Inveraray, Front Street West, Argyll Arms Hotel
ID on this website: 200379454
Location: Inveraray
County: Argyll and Bute
Town: Inveraray
Electoral Ward: Mid Argyll
Traditional County: Argyllshire
Tagged with: Hotel
1757. Georgian. Long block with wing a rear on Dalmally
Rd. 3 storeys. Fluted ashlar, painted; gabled; slate
roofs. Semi-circular stair towers, with semi-conical
roofs at rear and on Dalmally Rd. 2 storey piended
extension on The Avenue; rendered and harled.
Originally called The Inveraray Inn and built by 3rd
Duke to house his guests. Dr. Johnson and Boswell stayed
here in October 1773 on their way back from the
Hebrides; Burns in June 1787 during his first Highland
tour; William and Dorothy Wordsworth in August 1803.
Southey, Rickman and Telford in September 1819. Damaged
by fire C. 1955.
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