Rosneath House was a substantial mansion formerly in Dunbartonshire , now in Argyll and Bute , was of note as both the home of Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll and as the military base where Operation Torch was planned.
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51-579: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Rosneath Rosneath ( Scottish Gaelic : Ros Neimhidh ) is a village in Argyll and Bute , Scotland. It sits on the western shore of the Gare Loch , 2 miles (3 kilometres) northwest of the tip of the Rosneath Peninsula . It is about 2.4 miles (4 kilometres) by road from the village of Kilcreggan , which
68-631: Is sited on the southern shore of the peninsula, on the Firth of Clyde . The Gare Loch narrows at Rosneath to under half a mile (around 600 metres) at a place known as the Rhu Narrows , after the village of Rhu on the eastern shore of the loch. Rosneath Bay to the south of the village curves eastward to Castle Point, near the site of the former Roseneath Castle , in the grounds of the former Rosneath House which are now occupied by Rosneath caravan park. The coast turns south past Culwatty Bay to Rosneath Point at
85-578: The Duke of Argyll , whose family retained it until Princess Louise died in 1939. In stark contrast to the earlier castles, it was in the Romanesque Revival style. From 1941 to 1945, Rosneath was home to an important naval base known as Rosneath naval base , thanks to its location in the well-sheltered natural harbour of the Gare Loch. The Americans used Rosneath Castle as a base of operations. The castle
102-627: The First and New (or Second) Statistical Accounts of Scotland). A more visible example is Roseneath Street in Greenock, which looks over the River Clyde to Rosneath Point, and dates from around 1870. Later, the area was heavily fortified, with Rosneath's own castling joining those of nearby Faslane and Shandon (located at Faslane and Shandon ), all of which are long since gone. Rosneath village did not yet fully exist by this time; instead, Rosneath parish
119-514: The Marquess of Lorne , chose to employ his own architects to continue the project, and used Alexander Nasmyth in conjunction with Joseph Bonomi the Elder , which was further complicated by the death of Bonomi in 1808. Bonomi before his death added an optimistic plaque, describing the project as the "Lornian Palace". For this reason and reasons of expense, the envisaged house was never fully realised. Work
136-572: The building. When his brother, Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll , visited the property in 1744 he found it an empty shell and decided to rescue the structure. He commissioned William Adam to draw up plans, but due to the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 plans were put on hold and not until 1757 was the castle ready for reoccupation. In the 1780s the castle was remodelled in the French fashion on its interior with designs by Robert Mylne. By 1800 it
153-595: The peninsula. Rosneath House The site is on the Rosneath Peninsula , looking over the Gare Loch to Helensburgh . A castle had stood on the site since at least the 12th century. It was built on a rock outcrop overlooking Castle Bay. The building was attacked by William Wallace while under English control. In 1490 Rosneath Castle was gifted by King James IV to Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll . Through him it eventually passed to John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll who died in 1743. His widow decided to vacate
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187-411: The sale of the contents by auction in 1940. The house's strategic location brought a temporary reprieve and the building was occupied by military forces as a command centre, and was the location of the important meeting between Churchill, Eisenhower and Montgomery to negotiate Operation Torch : the invasion of North Africa. After the war its scenic location brought about its use as a caravan park but
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#1732868661385204-478: The then Marquess of Lorne married Queen Victoria 's fourth daughter, Louise, thereafter known as Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll and the house was then treated more as a palace. On her husband's death in 1914 Rosneath became her Dower House. During the First World War she allowed the surplus rooms to be used by convalescing officers. The princess lived until 1939 but was childless. Her death precipitated
221-687: The tip of the peninsula, which was directly north of the Greenock Princes Pier railway station , 2 miles (3 kilometres) distant on the southern shore of the Firth. The Rosneath area has been settled from at least 600 onwards, when St. Modan , a travelling missionary, founded a church there. The name Rosneath may have its roots in this era, being derived from the Gaelic Ros Neimhidh , meaning "promontory of consecrated ground". The name has historically been spelled as Roseneath (notably in both
238-415: Was halted in 1810 and the interiors of those sections completed was not in place until 1820. It was of unusual plan form, with a wide central corridor along his whole width. The broad plan was two storeys in height with a projecting colonnade on its north side. The main feature on the south side was a central circular tower of four storeys. It had a subterranean street leading to a service courtyard. In 1871
255-478: Was home to many free-standing dwellings, the occupants of which were, for the vast bulk of the area's history, employed in agriculture and fishing. Frequent shipping services to Glasgow , Greenock and beyond were vital for the local economy. Rosneath Castle was ruined and rebuilt many times; the final rebuilding, as Rosneath House , came in 1803–06, three years after the previous building burned down. Located further uphill from previous versions, it belonged to
272-491: Was in the hands of John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll . On 30 May 1802, while the Duke was absent visiting Ardincaple Castle , the castle was destroyed in a fire. The Duke decided to rebuild the property further inland than the original castle, on a flatter plateau, enabling a far larger and more formal mansion, as was the fashion of the day. The Duke returned to Robert Mylne but died in 1806 before any plans were realised. His heir,
289-516: Was then abandoned and the remains demolished in 1961. The Rosneath Peninsula was formerly in the traditional County of Dunbarton until local government reorganisation moved it into the Argyll and Bute council area in 1996. At the 2001 census, its population was 931. Rosneath lies approximately 44 mi (71 km) from Glasgow by road. It is situated on the B833, a shoreside minor thoroughfare that serves
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