
The Shore Chapel, Bute
Key Facts
Client
Marquess of Bute
Location
Isle of Bute
A gradual and careful restoration
Project Info
Built in 1723 as a Presbyterian kirk for the village of Scoulag, the Shore Chapel was designed by Alexander McGill, architect of the original Mount Stuart. The chapel has recently undergone a gradual restoration as the burial place for the Third Marquess and his wife. This has involved rot repairs, renewal of slates, decorative leadwork and rainwater goods. Walls have been rendered and re-coated with limewash with reinstated circular windows over entrance doors harking back to the building’s late 19th-century conversion to an Italianate Chapel and mortuary. Original lancet windows and doors have been repaired, carefully retaining their historic graffiti carved into glass panes and timber boarding.



Consultants
Project Manager: Gleeds (Phases 1 and 2)
Structural Engineer: Ramage Young Structural Engineers
Cost Consultant: Brown and Wallace
Contractor: George Hanson Building Contractors Ltd