Object: Ascog Hall Fountain

Date: 19th century

Description : Ascog Hall was built in 1844 by the Rev. James Monteith before being acquired in 1856 by Robertson Buchanan Stewart.  His son Alexander Bannatyne Stewart inherited it on his father’s death and spent some of his inheritance employing  Edward La Trobe Bateman to landscape the garden and design the fernery.  This handsome fountain was installed at this time but has since disappeared.  One mystery is that the Museum has an old photo of a yard at the corner of High Street and Russell Street, which looks like a wheelwrights, and standing in the corner of the yard is this fountain, whether before it was installed or after it was removed is unknown. (Ardbeg, Craigmore, Ascog), (P03-2956, B18.19)