Mount Stuart House

Mount Stuart House on the Isle of Bute Scotland, Building started in 1792 by the 3rd Earl of Bute, the middle section was rebuilt 1890-1910 following a fire in a servants bedroom, in 1914-18 the Earl loaded the house to the navy and it was used as a naval hospital for the wounded in the great war,
today it is still used by the current 7th Marquess of Bute as a family home,
The 7th Marquess is better known as Johnny Dumfies the F1 test driver for Ferrari and F1 grand prix driver for Lotus racing, he also won the Le Mans 24 hour race driving for Jaguar in the 1980's

[Poppo Livy]

Fabulous Peter. fav

[Babs]

What a magnificent building and interesting history too, not a bad family home at all.

[Peter Grave]

Wonderful shot Peter.Guess you would need a suitable income to maintain the house.Not for the average working man ?? Fav

[Peter]

@terryliv Thank you Terry for the Fav and comment, I was standing on the largest front lawn I've ever seen to take the shot;)

[Peter]

@onewing Thank you very much Babs, the family only use it part of the year and stay in Switzerland the other part, how the other half live;)

[Peter]

@peterlgrave Thank you so much Peter for the comments and Fav. in 2008 his personal wealth was estimated at £150 million, he has other business income on top of that !!!;)