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Mount Stuart House, on the east coast of the Isle of Bute, Scotland, is a country house built in the Gothic Revival style and the ancestral home of the Marquesses of Bute. It was designed by Sir Robert Rowand Anderson for the 3rd Marquess in the late 1870s, [ 1 ] replacing an earlier house by Alexander McGill , which burnt down in 1877.
A new Victorian Mount Stuart House was then built [10] and was the first in Scotland to have electric lighting throughout, as well as having the world's first heated pool. [11] Although Mount Stuart House is the family seat of the Marquesses of Bute, the Mount Stuart Trust has operated it as a business since 1989. [12]
John Stewart ( 1360-1445) was 1st Sheriff of Bute between 1445 and 1449. [5] [6] [2] He was succeeded by his son, James Stewart, who was 2nd Sheriff of Bute. [6]His son Stewart 3rd Sheriff of Bute [7] was the father of Ninian Stewart who was confirmed in the office of Sheriff of Bute as well as the lands of Ardmaleish, Greenan, the Mill of Kilcatten and also Corrigillis. [2]
22 October – Blantyre mining disaster: Scotland's worst-ever mining accident kills over 200. [3] 3 December – the original Mount Stuart House on the Isle of Bute is burned down. Ex-President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant tours his ancestral Scotland. [4] The rebuilt Ardverikie House in Badenoch, designed by John Rhind, is completed. [5]
Stuart was born at Mount Stuart House on the Isle of Bute, the son of prime minister John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, and his wife Mary Wortley Montagu. He was educated at Harrow School and Winchester College. He went to the University of Oxford, where he had private tuition from James Bladen. The degree of D.C.L., awarded to him by the ...
Name Location Date Listed Grid Ref. [note 1] Geo-coordinates Notes LB Number [note 2] Image 57 And 58 Mount Stuart Road, Albany Terrace, Including Boundary Walls And Gatepiers
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In 1878 Anderson designed a new Mount Stuart House (1878–1896) in an Italian Gothic style for the 3rd Marquess of Bute, following the destruction by fire of the previous house. The Scottish National Portrait Gallery (1884–1889) was designed in a similar style, and also executed in red sandstone.