Castle did not represent any significant design or technical values but this was made up for by the fact that it was a monument to a certain type of social lifestyle existing at the time. Kinloch Castle is of an externally uninspired design with an unusual though not unserviceable plan, built by clearly competent but yet undistinguished architects who may well have been in some respects "prisoners" of their client’s strong will to the detriment of the overall conception......In terms of general construction technology, Kinloch offered no advance on existing practice. The social-political monument that it does represent is described as "[A]n extreme example – an "exemplar" even - of the worst kind of highland landlordism" as well as "representative of a social phenomenon for which his (Bullough's) period was noted: third-generation new wealth, opulent lifestyle, sporting interests embracing horseracing, and belonging to the "smart" set (who saw genial but luxuriously-living Edward, Prince of Wales as their exemplar) rather than subscribing to Victorian morality" Jim Crumley, a Scottish nature writer, described Kinloch Castle as "a monument to… colossal wealth and ego and acquisitive greed… It is a building without a redeeming feature.. a loathsome edifice. It perpetuates only the memory of the worst kind of island lairds… a hideous affront, but nothing that a good fire and subsequent demolition couldn’t rectify". References Sources Scottish Natural Heritage report, https://web.archive.org/web/20150924104508/http://www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/scottish/whighland/kinloch/report%20pages%201-35.pdf, 2002. Accessed 2013. Further reading External links Kinloch Castle Friends Association website Kinloch Castle – Isle of Rum Topotheque Kinloch Castle, Isle of Rum Community Website The Reserve Plan for Rum National Nature Reserve 2010 - 2016, Scottish Natural Heritage Houses completed in 1900 Castles in Highland (council area) Category A listed buildings in Highland (council area) Listed castles in Scotland Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes Rùm