Jack's Visits
Chatelherault Hunting Lodge, Hamilton
Design in 1731 by William Adam; built 1732-43. This ornamental hunting lodge and "Dug Kennel" was built as an eyecatcher to terminate the grand south avenue of the grounds of Hamilton Palace. Only one room deep with a fantastic long baroque symmetrical façade that gave a strong silhouette that could be seen from the distant Palace. It became a roofless ruin after the Dukes of Hamilton abandoned Hamilton and demolished the massive Palace 1929. The family also oversaw the extraction of sand from under the Hunting Lodge which caused its remaining walls near collapse and one end of the building to subside some 15 feet below the original level. It was restored by the Scottish people (Historic Scotland, Buildings Division in conjunction with Hamilton District Council) from 1978 to 1987 at a cost of over £9million. The interior details of rich baroque plasterwork by Thomas Clayton were recreated from a few surviving fragments and photographs.
Chatelherault Hunting Lodge, Hamilton
Design in 1731 by William Adam; built 1732-43. This ornamental hunting lodge and "Dug Kennel" was built as an eyecatcher to terminate the grand south avenue of the grounds of Hamilton Palace. Only one room deep with a fantastic long baroque symmetrical façade that gave a strong silhouette that could be seen from the distant Palace. It became a roofless ruin after the Dukes of Hamilton abandoned Hamilton and demolished the massive Palace 1929. The family also oversaw the extraction of sand from under the Hunting Lodge which caused its remaining walls near collapse and one end of the building to subside some 15 feet below the original level. It was restored by the Scottish people (Historic Scotland, Buildings Division in conjunction with Hamilton District Council) from 1978 to 1987 at a cost of over £9million. The interior details of rich baroque plasterwork by Thomas Clayton were recreated from a few surviving fragments and photographs.