Historic houses · Scottish Highlands
Ardpatrick House
Ardpatrick House — house in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Ardpatrick House is a historic house in the United Kingdom — typically a country seat, manor, or town house with notable architecture or history. Heritage designation: category B listed building. Wikidata describes it as: "house in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK". Coordinates: 55.7747°, -5.5842°.
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From the Wikipedia article
Ardpatrick House is a category-B-listed 18th-century country house in Ardpatrick, South Knapdale, Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
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Background
History
A fortified dwelling or castle previously existed upon the site, however it is not known when it was constructed. Upon the formation of Clan MacAlister, becoming independent from Clan MacDonald in 1493, the chief, Iain Dubh (Anglicisation: Black John), created the seat of the clan at Ardpatrick. The present house was built in 1769 for Angus MacAlester, 11th of Loup, by John Menelaws and Thomas Menelaws, from Greenock. The estate of Ardpatrick, including the cottage of Auchachoan was sold by Alexander MacAllister of Loup in 1796 to Walter Campbell of Skipness, who bought it for his son Colin Campbell. The south wing was added in 1864-65 by John Honeyman and is dominated by a crow-stepped…
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- Coordinates
- 55.7747, -5.5842
- District
- Argyll and Bute
- Postcode
- PA29 6YA
- Parliamentary constituency
- Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
Sources
- wikidata: Q4788248 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Ardpatrick House (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Ardpatrick House.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Ardpatrick House?
- Ardpatrick House is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode PA29 6YA).
- Is Ardpatrick House a listed building?
- Ardpatrick House is officially recognised as category B listed building listed.
- How do I get to Ardpatrick House?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode PA29 6YA. It sits within the Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber parliamentary constituency.