Castle House, Dunoon

Castle House
Castle House
	The castle and its gardens in 2008
General information
Town or city	Dunoon, Argyll and Bute
Country	Scotland
Coordinates	55°56′46″N 4°55′28″W / 55.946187°N 4.924443°W
Completed	1822; 202 years ago
Design and construction
Architect(s)	David Hamilton

Castle House is situated in the Scottish town of Dunoon, Argyll and Bute. It sits on top of a promontory called Castle Hill, between West Bay and East Bay, overlooking Dunoon Pier and the Firth of Clyde. It was built in 1822, and designed by David Hamilton. It is a Category B listed structure.^[1]

The house was built for James Ewing of Strathleven. Ewing was a merchant and slave owner and was described by biographer Stephen Mullen as "among the most financially successful of [Glasgow's] élite nineteenth-century sugar/slavery aristocracy". He used the profits from his business to buy and establish property across London.^[2] The house was designed by architect David Hamilton who also designed Castle Toward and Hutchesons' Hospital.^[3]

Dunoon Town Council purchased the house, for £4,600,^[4] in 1893 and used it to house the Council Chamber and Tulloch Free Library.^[1]

The flag post on Castle Hill marks the original site of a 13th-century Dunoon Castle.^[5]

Current use

The building has been home to Castle House Museum since 1998. It is run by Dunoon & Cowal Heritage Trust.^[5]

Gallery

A Caledonian MacBrayne ferry departing Dunoon Pier, viewed from the museum

References

^ ^a ^b Castle House, Castle Gardens – Historic Environment Scotland
^ Mullen, Stephen (2016). "Ewing, James (1775–1853), West India merchant, slave owner, and civic leader". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/53100. Retrieved 7 October 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Scott, Ronald David (2005). The Cemetery and the City: The Origins of the Glasgow Necropolis, 1825-1857 (PhD). University of Glasgow. p. 26.
^ Surveyor, Volume 33 (1908), p. 801
^ ^a ^b About Us – Castle House Museum official website

External links

Castle House Museum – located in Castle House

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[HES-1] Castle House, Castle Gardens – Historic Environment Scotland

[:0-2] Mullen, Stephen (2016). "Ewing, James (1775–1853), West India merchant, slave owner, and civic leader". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/53100. Retrieved 7 October 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[3] Scott, Ronald David (2005). The Cemetery and the City: The Origins of the Glasgow Necropolis, 1825-1857 (PhD). University of Glasgow. p. 26.

[4] Surveyor, Volume 33 (1908), p. 801

[about-5] About Us – Castle House Museum official website

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