Saddell House
| Saddell House | |
|
Landmark Trust | |
|---|---|
| |
| Grid reference: | NR791318 |
| Location: | 55°31’48"N, 5°30’5"W |
| Built 1900 | |
| Information | |
| Website: | Saddell House |
Saddell House stands close to the shore of Saddell Bay on the east coast of Kintyre, the long peninsula of Argyllshire. It looks out over Kilbrannan Sound, which separates Kintyre from the Isle of Arran.
The original Saddell House was built here in 1774 by Colonel Donald Campbell, on his return from a gallant, and prosperous, army career in India, with a fortune received from the Nawab of Arcot. It is recorded tha the house was a typical laird’s house of its period, with generously proportioned rooms and large light windows, overlooking Kilbrannan Sound, well placed for hunting and fishing.
In September 1899, the chimney caught fire while the tenant, a Reverend Bramwell, was out shooting. The fire spread to the attic, destroying the roof and gutting the house, so that only the walls and the service rooms in the basement survived.
In 1900 the house was rebuilt to its current form, on the core of Colonel Campbell's House, but in the modern style of the time, a style that became known as "Edwardian".
By the later twentieth century the house had become neglected, but it was bought by the Landmark Trust and restored to its former glory. It is now let out as holiday accommodation.
Outside links
 |
("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Saddell House) |