Largie Castle, Tayinloan
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Largie Castle is a former mansion house at Tayinloan
, Kintyre
, Argyll and Bute
, Scotland
. The house was designed by architect Charles Wilson
for The Hon. Augustus Moreton Macdonald
and was built in 1857-9. The house was pulled down in 1958.
Tayinloan
Tayinloan is a village situated on the west coast of the Kintyre peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The village has a sub post office and general store, a small hotel , a village hall and a play park. The nearest towns are Campbeltown and Tarbert .A ferry service runs between the village...
, Kintyre
Kintyre
Kintyre is a peninsula in western Scotland, in the southwest of Argyll and Bute. The region stretches approximately 30 miles , from the Mull of Kintyre in the south, to East Loch Tarbert in the north...
, Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute is both one of 32 unitary council areas; and a Lieutenancy area in Scotland. The administrative centre for the council area is located in Lochgilphead.Argyll and Bute covers the second largest administrative area of any Scottish council...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. The house was designed by architect Charles Wilson
Charles Wilson (architect)
Charles Wilson was a Scottish architect from Glasgow.-Biography:Charles Wilson was the younger son of a Glasgow-based master mason and builder. After working for his father, he was articled to the architect David Hamilton in 1827...
for The Hon. Augustus Moreton Macdonald
Augustus Macdonald
The Hon. Augustus Henry Moreton Macdonald of Largie , born Augustus Moreton, was a British Whig politician and writer.-Background:...
and was built in 1857-9. The house was pulled down in 1958.