Basic Site Details Name: | Wester Kames Tower | Island: | Bute | City or county: | Bute | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Tower house of c. 1700, rebuilt from ruins by Schultz for 3rd Marquess of Bute. A line of thin red tiles shows the division between original and new parts. |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1895 | | | Survey of ruins | | 1897 | | | Drawings for rebuilding from ruins | | 1898 | | | Rebuilt from ruins | | 1900 | | Design exhibited | | | 1902 | | | Panelling of hall |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | | Robert Weir Schultz | | | 1895 | 1902 | Rebuilding from ruins, and subsequent furnishing |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Bute, 3rd Marquess of | For work pre-1900 | | Bute, 4th Marquess of (John Crichton-Stuart) | For work post-1900 |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Graves, Algernon | 1905 | The Royal Academy of Arts: a complete dictionary of exhibitors and their works… | 1905-6 | London: Graves and Bell | 1900, no 1691 | | Stamp, Gavin | 1981 | Robert Weir Schultz, Architect, and his work for the Marquesses of Bute | | London: The Curwen Press / Mount Stuart | p43 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 18287 | | | Mount Stuart | Bute Archives | | Drawings |
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