Castle Toward

Castle Toward
Caisteal an Toll Àird
Castle Toward
Castle Toward within Argyll and Bute
General information
Status	Private
Type	Country House
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
Location	Toward, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Country	Scotland
Coordinates	55°52′10″N 5°00′50″W / 55.869554°N 5.0140108°W / 55.869554; -5.0140108
Construction started	1820
Client	Kirkman Finlay
Owner	Denice Purdie, Keith Punler Argyll and Bute Council Glasgow Corporation Kirkman Finlay Clan Lamont
Technical details
Material	Stone
Design and construction
Architect(s)	David Hamilton
Designations	Scheduled Monument: LB5068
National grid reference NS 11515 68151

Castle Toward (Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal an Toll Àird) is a nineteenth-century country house on the Cowal Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland.

Built in 1820 by Glasgow merchant Kirkman Finlay, it replaced the late medieval Toward Castle, formerly the ancestral home of the Clan Lamont. It was greatly extended in the early 20th century, and in the Second World War it served as HMS Brontosaurus. After the war it was sold to Glasgow Corporation and was used as an outdoor education facility until its closure in 2014. After a failed community buyout, Toward Castle and the estate were sold by Argyll and Bute Council to private owners in 2016. Castle Toward is a scheduled monument (LB5068).^[1]