Glen Caladh Castle
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Glen Caladh Castle (1868-1958)Opened on the Tourist - Castles and big houses.
Description
This was the home of the Stephenson and, later, the Ingham Clark families. The baronial mansion house was located on the west side of the Kyles of Bute where the Kyles are met by Loch Riddon. A family burial plot is located on Eilean Dubh, the small island which encloses the east side of Caladh Harbour.
The estate was bought by George Stephenson, nephew of the famous railway engineer, in 1867. The house was built in 1868.
The house was bought by Robert Ingham Clark, varnish and japan maker, around 1900. The varnish works was at West Ham Abbey. Ingham Clark had a number of yachts including Lady of the Isles and Maruja.
Used as a convalescent home in the Great War and a naval establishment, HMS James Cook, during the Second World War it was demolished by the Territorials in 1958.
Caladh Harbour was often visited by the MV Gay Queen (now Dorset Queen) in summer, the arrival being heralded by distant ceilidh music.
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