Knockderry_Castle
Knockderry Castle
Country house in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
Knockderry Castle is a house in Shore Road, Cove, Argyll, Scotland, that was designed by Alexander Thomson in the 1850s, with Baronial additions by William Leiper in 1897. It is category A listed with Historic Environment Scotland.[1]
The house was built for James Templeton, a manufacturer of textiles.[2] When alterations and expansion started in 1896, the property was owned by John Templeton, a manufacturer of carpets.[3]
Knockderry Castle was offered for sale in summer 2022 following a 22-year-long legal battle that started with business debts allegedly not paid by the owner, Marian Van Overwaele. She became sequestrated (declared bankrupt) in 2000; in March 2022 her brother, George Amil, in whose name the property had been placed, was evicted with his family.[4][5] The building had by that time deteriorated.[6]
In February 2023, American lawyers David and Chelom Leavitt bought the property for £1.15M.[7][8][9]