Built / Designed For: Angus Fletcher

House & Family History: Dunans is quite possibly the only significant extant example of the Franco-Scots Baronial style on the West Coast of Scotland. It is by the Edinburgh architect Andrew Kerry and is of three stories: rubble with heavy, masculine ashlar dressings. Dunans Castle was gutted by fire on January 14, 2001 and has been left as a ruin by the current owners, Charles and Sadie Dixon-Spain, who purchased the castle after the fire.

Chapel & Church: The third floor of the house contained a chapel with small arch-head windows.

House Listed: Category B

Park Listed: Not Listed

Past Seat / Home of: Angus Fletcher, 19th century; Colonel Archibald Fletcher, 20th century; Fletcher family here from circa 1720 until 1997. Ewa Lucas-Gardener, late 20th century.

Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust

Primary Current Ownership Use: Ruinous

House Open to Public: No

Phone: 01369-820-380

Historic Houses Member: No