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Unidentified Castle
Photo of a Castle I have not been able to identify yet. The photo is part of a album without any description at all. All I have been able to find out is that many photos are of Scottish objects / landscapes (though not all). Photo taken c1950.
Any suggestions welcome!
Picture added on 30 November 2007
This picture is in the following groups
1950s Album Holiday and Trains
1950s Album Holiday and Trains
Hi Bill,
Thanks, how could I have missed that one? I have passed it many o'times.... it's only a hundred miles or so south of me.... must have been Monday morning when I added this photo.
Thanks, how could I have missed that one? I have passed it many o'times.... it's only a hundred miles or so south of me.... must have been Monday morning when I added this photo.
Added by Marcel Gommers on 03 December 2007
looks like Blair Athol
Added by Gwilymlush on 15 May 2010
From the Blair Castle web site:
"Medieval Period
The earliest known part of the present castle dates from 1269 and is known as Cumming’s Tower. The original tower had an extension added to it by the 3rd Earl in 1530 to form a Great Hall (the present Dining Room) over a series of vaulted chambers below.
Georgian Period
In 1740 the 2nd Duke transformed the medieval structure into a stylish home of the period, removing the turrets and castellations and applying fashionable Georgian finishes.
Victorian Period
Following the growing popularity of Scottish Baronial architecture, the 7th Duke commissioned the Edinburgh architects David Bryce and William Burne to remodel the castle once more in the 1860s/70s.
Crenallations and turrets removed during the Georgian period were reinstated, a new entrance hall was erected and a magnificent ballroom added. New gates were installed and the latest services including bathrooms, telephone and gas were introduced for the first time.
David Bryce’s fine ballroom is unchanged to this day and is used for many Highland balls, banquets and functions. During the Great War the castle was used as an auxiliary hospital and, from 1922, the family found it more convenient to live in the private apartments."
"Medieval Period
The earliest known part of the present castle dates from 1269 and is known as Cumming’s Tower. The original tower had an extension added to it by the 3rd Earl in 1530 to form a Great Hall (the present Dining Room) over a series of vaulted chambers below.
Georgian Period
In 1740 the 2nd Duke transformed the medieval structure into a stylish home of the period, removing the turrets and castellations and applying fashionable Georgian finishes.
Victorian Period
Following the growing popularity of Scottish Baronial architecture, the 7th Duke commissioned the Edinburgh architects David Bryce and William Burne to remodel the castle once more in the 1860s/70s.
Crenallations and turrets removed during the Georgian period were reinstated, a new entrance hall was erected and a magnificent ballroom added. New gates were installed and the latest services including bathrooms, telephone and gas were introduced for the first time.
David Bryce’s fine ballroom is unchanged to this day and is used for many Highland balls, banquets and functions. During the Great War the castle was used as an auxiliary hospital and, from 1922, the family found it more convenient to live in the private apartments."
Added by Peter Langsdale on 15 May 2010
Scotland
That's Blair Castle.