Laudervale was a
Victorian sandstone
mansion near
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 wel ...
, Scotland, most notable for being the home of
Sir Harry Lauder.
The house was located on
Bullwood Road, a few hundred metres south of Bullwood. Built as Gerhallow House, it was bought by Harry Lauder and his wife from Douglas Granville Gossling on 20 May 1908. The couple disliked the existing name and by 1912 had renamed it to the more personalised ''Laudervale'', carrying out in the intervening years a full restoration, including laying "beautiful mahogany parquet floors", the wood being a present after a tour of the Philippines. Lauder used the property as his principal residence from 1908 into the 1930s.
After its sale, many years later, the subsequent owner fell asleep smoking, setting the house on fire, which burnt over half of it.
[Wallace, 1998, p.38, includes photos of the fire brigades attending the blaze.] It remained in a ruinous state until the 1980s when the house, the stable blocks, and the stone walls surrounding the park, were demolished. Most of the grounds were subsequently sold for housing development. The development there today preserves the ''Laudervale'' name.
References
Houses in Argyll and Bute
Demolished buildings and structures in Scotland
Buildings and structures in Dunoon
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