Wester Kames Castle

{{Short description|Castle in the Isle of Bute, Scotland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Wester Kames Castle''' is located near Kames Bay near Port Bannatyne, Isle of Bute, Scotland. Dating from around 1700, the castle was rebuilt around 1900 from a ruined state. thumb|Wester Kames Castle, 2018

==History== The tower house of Wester Kames dates from around 1700, and was once the seat of the Spense family. By 1895 it formed part of the Marquess of Bute's estate, and only the ground floor was standing. The 3rd Marquess of Bute commissioned the architect Robert Weir Schultz to rebuild the tower in 1897. The junction of the original ruin and the 19th-century rebuilding is marked by a line of brickwork. Schultz' attention to detail delivered in a sympathetic restoration, resulting in a "convincing Baronial tower".<ref name=listed>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=LB18287 |desc=Wester Kames Tower |accessdate=10 April 2018 }}</ref> thumb|1887 drawing The tower measures {{convert|25|by|21|ft}}. It stands four storeys high, with a five-storey stair tower at the north-west.<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|cat=PLA |num=40298 |num2=NS06NE 1 |desc=Bute, Wester Kames Castle |access-date=25 June 2025}}</ref> Wester Kames is a Category A listed building.<ref name=listed/>

==See also== *Kames Castle, which stands around {{convert|500|m}} to the south

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Category:Category A listed buildings in Argyll and Bute Category:Listed castles in Scotland Category:Isle of Bute