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Argyll's Lodging

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Argyll's Lodging

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Location: Mercat Cross, Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Brian

January 29, 2017

A mansion built around an earlier core in about 1630 and was further extended by the Earl of Argyll in the 1670s.
Regarded as 'the most important surviving town-house of its period in Scotland' Argyll’s Lodging became a museum at the end of the 20th century. Standing on Castle Wynd on the approach to Stirling Castle, its principal rooms have been restored to replicate their 1680 state.
Built and decorated in Renaissance style, the original plan of the house was shaped like a ‘P’, with the upper part centered around three wings around a courtyard. During the early 19th century, the house was purchased by the British Army, which then transformed the grand building into a military hospital. The house retained this military function for well over a century until it was eventually turned into a youth hostel in 1964. Three decades later, the National Trust of Scotland turned Argyll’s Lodging into a museum. Highlights of the mansion include the High Dining Room’s impressive painted decorations and the Drawing room’s grand fireplace and recreated tapestries.

Open
1 April to 30 September:
Monday to Sunday, 12.45pm to 6pm
1 October to 31 March:
Monday to Sunday, 12.45pm to 5pm
Last entry to Argyll's Lodging is 45 minutes before closing.
Complimentary guided tours of Argyll’s Lodging are available to Stirling Castle visitors.
Please ask staff at the castle for more information and keep your castle entry ticket to show staff at the Lodgings.
Closed
25 and 26 December
1 and 2 January

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Elevation 120 m

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Location: Mercat Cross, Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom

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