Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
Old Photograph Minard Castle Scotland
Old photograph of Minard Castle on the North western shore of Loch Fyne near Inveraray, Scotland. This castellated mansion stands on a low promontory South of Minard Bay, bounded on the East by Loch fine and on the West by steep wooded slopes. It incorporates a plain Georgian house built by Archibald Campbell of Knockbuy, born 1693, died 1790, who was a noted improving landlord who since about 1740 had been developing the policies, North and West of Minard Bay. The estate was sold in 1842 to H W Askew, who immediately began extensive alterations and additions, completed in 1848, to the castellated designs of the Glasgow architect J T Rochead. It was owned by the Lloyd family from 1875 to 1938, and after a period of use as a hotel or guest house it was extensively renovated in the 1970s by the present owner. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to travel and visit one day.
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