# Craig Ailey > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Craig_Ailey > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Craig_Ailey.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Ailey > Source revision: 1344441939 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/Romanesque_Revival_architecture_in_the_United_Kingdom) [Italianate](/source/Italianate_architecture){{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}} | classification = | location = | address = South Ailey Road, [Cove, Argyll](/source/Cove%2C_Argyll) | location_city = | location_country = [Scotland](/source/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](/source/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](/source/villa) at [Cove](/source/Cove%2C_Argyll), originally named Italian Villa. The site above a [craig](/source/Craig_(landform)) ([cliff](/source/cliff)) gives views over the [Firth of Clyde](/source/Firth_of_Clyde) and its junction with [Loch Long](/source/Loch_Long). It was designed in 1850 by [Alexander Thomson](/source/Alexander_Thomson) (later known as "Greek Thomson"), and built around 1852 by his client the builder and developer John McElroy,{{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}} who had [feued](/source/Feu_(land_tenure)) land in the Cove and Kilcreggan area from the [8th Duke of Argyll](/source/George_Campbell%2C_8th_Duke_of_Argyll). Access to the house is by South Ailey Road.{{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}} The house, on top of the craig above Craigrownie Cottage, can be seen from Shore Road. ==Notes== {{reflist}} ==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 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Craig Ailey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Ailey) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Ailey?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.