Laudervale was a Victorian

Victorian

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 mansion

Mansion

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 near Dunoon

Dunoon

Dunoon is a resort town situated on the Cowal Peninsula in Argyll, Scotland. It sits on the Firth of Clyde to the south of Holy Loch and to the west of Gourock.-Waterfront:...

, Scotland

Scotland

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 most notable for being the home of Sir Harry Lauder.

The house was located on the Innellan

Innellan

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 Road, a few hundred metres south of Bullwood, Dunoon. Originally named Gerhallow House, it was bought by Sir Harry Lauder and Lady Lauder from D. C. Gosling on May 20, 1908. The couple disliked the existing name and in 1912 renamed it to to the more personalised "Laudervale." Lauder lived at the property from 1908 to the 1930s

1930s

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After a fire, which burnt over half of it, it was left in a ruinous state until c. 1980 when both the house and the stable blocks were demolished. Much of the grounds were subsequently sold for housing development. The development there today preserves the Laudervale name.