Castle House is situated in the Scottish town of

Dunoon Dunoon (; gd, Dùn Omhain) is the main town on the Cowal peninsula in the south of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is located on the western shore of the upper Firth of Clyde, to the south of the Holy Loch and to the north of Innellan. As well ...

Argyll and Bute Argyll and Bute ( sco, Argyll an Buit; gd, Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd, ) is one of 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 2020) ...

. It sits on top of a

promontory A promontory is a raised mass of land that projects into a lowland or a body of water (in which case it is a peninsula). Most promontories either are formed from a hard ridge of rock that has resisted the erosive forces that have removed the so ...

called Castle Hill, between West Bay and East Bay, overlooking

Dunoon Pier Dunoon Pier is a Victorian pier in the Scottish town of Dunoon, Argyll and Bute. Completed in its current form in 1898, and reaching out into the Firth of Clyde, its earliest parts date back to 1835. It is now a Category A listed structure (upgr ...

and the

Firth of Clyde The Firth of Clyde is the mouth of the River Clyde. It is located on the west coast of Scotland and constitutes the deepest coastal waters in the British Isles (it is 164 metres deep at its deepest). The firth is sheltered from the Atlantic ...

. Built in 1822, it is a Category B listed structure.Castle House, Castle Gardens
–

Historic Environment Scotland Historic Environment Scotland (HES) ( gd, Àrainneachd Eachdraidheil Alba) is an executive non-departmental public body responsible for investigating, caring for and promoting Scotland's historic environment. HES was formed in 2015 from the mer ...

The castle was built for

James Ewing of Strathleven James Ewing of Strathleven MP FRSE LLD (1775–1853) was Lord Provost of Glasgow (1832–1833), and MP for Glasgow (1832–1835), a plantation owner, slave-holder and West Indies merchant. Family and early life Ewing was born in Glasgow on 5 ...

, MP and

Provost of Glasgow The Right Honourable Lord Provost of Glasgow is the convener of the Glasgow City Council. Elected by the city councillors, the Lord Provost serves not only as the chair of that body, but as a figurehead for the entire city. The office is equi ...

, as his "marine villa". It was purchased by Dunoon Town Council, for £4,600,''Surveyor''
Volume 33 (1908), p. 801 in 1893 to house the Council Chamber and Tulloch Free Library. The flag post on Castle Hill marks the original site of a 13th-century

Dunoon Castle Dunoon Castle is a ruined castle located at Dunoon on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The castle sat upon a cone-shaped hill of about 80 feet high, a volcanic plug. Very little remains of the castle's structure today. Castle Ho ...

Current use

The building has been home to Castle House Museum since 1998. It is run by Dunoon & Cowal Heritage Trust.About Us
– Castle House Museum official website

Gallery

File:Castle House ferry view.jpg, A

Caledonian MacBrayne Caledonian MacBrayne ( gd, Caledonian Mac a' Bhriuthainn), usually shortened to CalMac, is the major operator of passenger and vehicle ferries, and ferry services, between the mainland of Scotland and 22 of the major islands on Scotland's west ...

ferry departing

, viewed from the museum

References

External links

Castle House Museum
– located in Castle House Castles in Argyll and Bute Category B listed buildings in Argyll and Bute Listed castles in Scotland Listed buildings in Dunoon 1822 establishments in Scotland {{castle-stub