Innis Chonain or Innischonan is an island in

Loch Awe Loch Awe (Scottish Gaelic: ''Loch Obha'') is a large body of freshwater in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands. It has also given its name to a village on its banks, variously known as Loch Awe or Lochawe. There are islands within the loch such ...

, Scotland connected to the mainland by a bridge. Lochaweandinnischonain

Architect, author and antiquarian Walter Douglas Campbell, a young brother of Archibald Campbell, 1st

Baron Blythswood Baron Blythswood, of Blythswood in the County of Renfrew, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 24 August 1892 for Sir Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet, the former Member of Parliament for Renfrew, with remainder fa ...

, purchased the island in the second half of the 19th century. He designed and built Innis Chonain House and also nearby

St Conan's Tower St Conan's Tower is a 19th-century granite-built country house, near Lochawe in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Designed and built by architect, author and antiquarian Walter Douglas Campbell, a young brother of Archibald Campbell, 1st Baron Blythswood ...

for himself, his artist sister Helen and their mother the elderly Mrs Caroline Campbell of

Blythswood House Blythswood House was a 100-room neoclassical mansion at Renfrew, Scotland, built for the Douglas-Campbell family from the considerable incomes arising from their ownership of the Lands of Blythswood in Glasgow, including Blythswood Hill, develo ...

near Glasgow. Walter delighted in building unusual properties, including

St Conan’s Kirk St Conan's Kirk is located in the village of Loch Awe in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. In a 2016 Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland public poll it was voted one of the Top 10 buildings in Scotland of the last 100 years. It was established ...

, which is on the mainland nearby, an eclectic blend of church styles.

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