Wester Kames Castle
| Wester Kames Castle | |
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Buteshire | |
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.jpg) Wester Kames Castle | |
| Type: | Tower house |
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| Grid reference: | NS06176807 |
| Location: | 55°52’0"N, 5°5’57"W |
| History | |
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Wester Kames Castle is located near Kames Bay near Port Bannatyne in the Isle of Bute, the most populous island of Buteshire. Dating from around 1700, the castle was rebuilt around 1900 from a ruined state.
History
The castle is a tower house. It dates from around 1700, and was once the seat of the Spense family. By 1895 it formed part of the Marquess of Bute's estate, and only the ground floor was standing.
The 3rd Marquess of Bute commissioned the architect Robert Weir Schultz to rebuild the tower in 1897. The junction of the original ruin and the 19th-century rebuilding is marked by a line of brickwork. Schultz' attention to detail delivered in a sympathetic restoration, resulting in a "convincing Baronial tower".[1]
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The tower measure 25 feet by 21 feet. It stands four storeys high, with a five-storey stair tower at the north-west.[2] Wester Kames is a Category A listed building.[1]
See also
- Kames Castle, which stands around five hundred yards to the south
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wester Kames Tower - Listing detail (Historic Environment Scotland)
- ↑ CANMORE (RCAHMS) record of Wester Kames Castle