[87473] Mount Stuart

Mount Stuart, Isle of Bute, 1878-96.

By Sir Robert Rowand Anderson (1834-1921).

For John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute (1847-1900).

A listed.

 

The house is a flamboyant example of 19th-century Gothic Revival architecture, built in a reddish-brown stone.

 

In the foreground is the North Wing, a survivor from the previous house.

The North Wing, 1718.

By Alexander McGill (d1734).

A listed.

The north wing remains from the previous house, destroyed by fire in 1877.

Whitewashed harl with red sandstone ashlar dressings.

 

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