Craig Ailey

{{Infobox building | name = Craig Ailey | native_name = | native_name_lang = | logo = | logo_size = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | image = Craig Ailey (Italian Villa), Cove, SE entrance.jpg | image_size = | image_alt =  | image_caption = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_mark = | pushpin_label = | pushpin_relief = | map_caption = | pushpin_mapsize = | coordinates = {{coord|55|59|32|N|4|51|07|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | former_names = Italian Villa | alternate_names = | etymology = | status = | cancelled = | topped_out = | building_type = | architectural_style = Lombardic<ref name="Craig Ailey LB43472" /> Italianate<ref name="Glendinning p288">{{cite book | last=Glendinning | first=M. | title=History of Scottish Architecture | publisher=Edinburgh University Press | year=2019 | isbn=978-1-4744-6850-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z6UxEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA288 | access-date=2 May 2022 | page=288}}</ref> | classification = | location = | address = South Ailey Road, Cove, Argyll | location_city = | location_country = Scotland | grid_name = | grid_position = | altitude = | current_tenants = | namesake = | groundbreaking_date = | construction_start_date = 1850 | construction_stop_date = | topped_out_date = | est_completion = 1852 | opened_date = | inauguration_date = | relocated_date = | renovation_date = | closing_date = | demolished_date = | cost = | ren_cost = | client = John McElroy | owner = | landlord =  | affiliation = | height = | architectural = | tip = | antenna_spire = | roof = | top_floor = | observatory = | diameter = | circumference = | weight = | other_dimensions = | structural_system = | material = | size = | floor_count = | floor_area = | elevator_count = | grounds_area = | architect = Alexander Thomson | architecture_firm = | developer = John McElroy | engineer = | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = | civil_engineer = | other_designers = | quantity_surveyor = | main_contractor = John McElroy | awards = | designations = | known_for = | ren_architect = | ren_firm = | ren_engineer = | ren_str_engineer = | ren_serv_engineer = | ren_civ_engineer = | ren_oth_designers = | ren_qty_surveyor = | ren_contractor = | ren_awards = | parking = | public_transit = | website =  | embed = | embedded = | references = | footnotes = {{Infobox historic site | embed = yes | designation1 = Scotland Category A | designation1_offname = | designation1_date = 14 May 1971 | designation1_number = {{Historic Environment Scotland|num= LB43472|short=yes}} }} }} thumb|right|View from Shore Road of the house, perched on the crag-top above Craigrownie Cottage. '''Craig Ailey''' is a villa at Cove, originally named Italian Villa. The site above a craig (cliff) gives views over the Firth of Clyde and its junction with Loch Long. It was designed in 1850 by Alexander Thomson (later known as "Greek Thomson"), and built around 1852 by his client the builder and developer John McElroy,<ref name="Craig Ailey LB43472">{{cite web | title=South Ailey Road, Craig Ailey With Boundary Wall, Gates And Gatepiers (LB43472) | website=Historic Environment Scotland | date=14 May 1971 | url=https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB43472 | access-date=20 April 2022}}</ref> who had feued land in the Cove and Kilcreggan area from the 8th Duke of Argyll. Access to the house is by South Ailey Road.<ref name="Heritage Trail West">{{cite web | last1=Bray | first1=A | last2= Reeve | first2= Richard | title=Rosneath Peninsula West Heritage Trail | website=Helensburgh Heritage Trust | date=18 September 2015 | url=http://www.helensburgh-heritage.co.uk/images/stories/pdfs/Rosneath_West_Trail.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026044819/http://www.helensburgh-heritage.co.uk/images/stories/pdfs/Rosneath_West_Trail.pdf |archive-date=26 October 2020 |url-status=dead |access-date=15 October 2025}}</ref> The house, on top of the craig above Craigrownie Cottage, can be seen from Shore Road.

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==References== * {{cite book | author=Blackie & Son | title=Villa and Cottage Architecture: Select Examples of Country and Suburban Residence Recently Erected. With a Full Descriptive Notice of Each Building ... | publisher=Blackie & Son. | year=1868 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gdFDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR1 | access-date=12 April 2022}}

Category:Category A listed buildings in Argyll and Bute Category:Houses completed in 1852 Category:1850 in Scotland