{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Use British English|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox building | name = Whistlefield Inn | former_names = | alternate_names = | etymology = | status = | image = File:Whistlefields Inn, Loch Eck - geograph.org.uk - 29995.jpg | image_alt = | image_size = | caption = The main entrance to the inn, pictured in 2005 | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_label = Whistefield Inn | mapframe = yes | altitude = {{convert|196.85|ft}} | building_type = Inn and restaurant | architectural_style = | structural_system = | material = | cost = | ren_cost = | client = | owner = | current_tenants = | landlord = | location = Whistlefield | address = | location_town = Dunoon | location_country = Scotland | coordinates = {{coord|56.09616|-4.98477|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}} | groundbreaking_date = | construction_start_date = | completion_date = 1663 | opened_date = | inauguration_date = | relocated_date = | renovation_date = | closing_date = | demolished_date = | destruction_date = | height = | diameter = | circumference = | architectural = | tip = | antenna_spire = | roof = Slate | top_floor = | observatory = | other_dimensions = | floor_count = 1.5<ref name=he>{{cite web |title=WHISTLEFIELD INN INCLUDING ANCILLARY BUILDINGS AND BOUNDARY WALLS (LB5060) |url=http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB5060 |website=portal.historicenvironment.scot |accessdate=2 March 2020}}</ref> | floor_area = | seating_type = | seating_capacity = | elevator_count = | grounds_area = | architect = | architecture_firm = | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = | civil_engineer = | other_designers = | quantity_surveyor = | main_contractor = | awards = | designations = | ren_architect = | ren_firm = | ren_str_engineer = | ren_serv_engineer = | ren_civ_engineer = | ren_oth_designers = | ren_qty_surveyor = | ren_awards = | number_of_rooms = | parking = | website = https://www.thewhistlefieldinn.com/en-US | embedded = | references = }}
The '''Whistlefield Inn''' is a Category C listed<ref name=official/> building in Whistlefield, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, about twelve miles northwest of Dunoon. Built in 1663, it was originally a drover's inn on the route between Strachur and Ardentinny.<ref name=he/><ref name=official>[https://www.thewhistlefieldinn.com/en-US Whistlefield Inn's official website]</ref><ref name=ColegateP53>[https://play.google.com/store/books/details/John_COLEGATE_Colegate_s_Guide_to_Dunoon_Kirn_and?id=AR5bAAAAcAAJ ''Colegate's Guide to Dunoon, Kirn, and Hunter's Quay'' (Second edition)] - John Colegate (1868), page 53</ref> It sits about {{convert|1300|ft}} from the eastern shores of Loch Eck.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=IbkHAAAAQAAJ&dq=the+whistlefield+inn+history&pg=PA157 ''The Highlands of Scotland'', Mountford John B. Baddeley, 1881]</ref>
A bar and restaurant, the business came under new management in September 2018. It closed in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-17 |title=Famous Scottish hotel built in 1663 as drover's inn brought to market |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24524455.famous-scottish-hotel-built-drovers-inn-put-sale/ |access-date=2026-02-20 |website=The Herald |language=en}}</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery> File:Approaching Whistlefield Inn from the A815 - geograph.org.uk - 581862.jpg|The rear of the inn, seen from the A815, which runs beside the eastern shore of Loch Eck File:Whistlefield Inn.jpg|Above the main door, 2014 </gallery>
==See also== *List of listed buildings in Dunoon And Kilmun
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.thewhistlefieldinn.com/en-US The Whistlefield Inn's official website] *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HZgr6ui20s Whistlefield Inn - Aerial View] - ClickAndPray Photography, YouTube, 7 January, 2019
{{DEFAULTSORT:Whistlefield Inn}} Category:Hotels in Argyll and Bute Category:Listed hotels in Scotland Category:Pubs in Argyll and Bute Category:1663 establishments in Scotland Category:Category C listed buildings in Argyll and Bute Category:Hotels established in the 17th century