Gourock, Bath Street, Gourock Castle — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Gourock Castle stood on Bath Street from 1840, a nineteenth-century castle built for private life rather than public display. Its stones may have hidden chambers, ledgers or love affairs, but no record confirms those claims. The castle belongs to Gourock, not to legend, and its address remains the clearest fact about it.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Gourock, Bath Street, Gourock Castle as Castle (19th Century) (1840). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Gourock Castle was built in the 19th century, with records indicating construction around 1840. It is remembered as a local example of Scottish castellated architecture from the Victorian era.

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