Lord Lyon as Chieftains of the Clan Tearlach branch of Clan Campbell and from them descended the Campbells of Inverneill. In the 1980s, a grandson of Duncan Campbell, 8th of Inverneill, owned one of the apartments at Craignish Castle. The title 'Baron of Craignish' was created for Edmund Kempt Campbell by the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in 1848, and was used by his descendants in Britain, though this was after the sale of Craignish. In the 19th-century Craignish Castle was purchased by Frederick Trench-Gascoigne and his wife Isabella, heiress of the Gascoigne family of Parlington Hall. By the 1880s, Trench-Gascoigne owned 5,591 acres (2,263 ha) in Argyll. In 1837, the tower house was extended by the architect David Bryce, working to designs by William Burn. The Gascoigne’s commissioned Alexander Ritchie to build the Celtic Room. The room itself is made with inlaid carved oak, created from rubbings that Ritchie took from the tombs of the Kings of Scotland buried on Iona. It is this method and his Celtic craftwork that Ritchie is best known for. The room was completed in 1907. The castle also has a bottle dungeon, cut out of rock under the kitchen floor, and is one of the few remaining in Scotland today. There is also the original Yett on the side door, with a right-handed spiral staircase. In 1941 the house was requisitioned for use as a home for children evacuated from Glasgow. In the later 20th century it was restored and divided into privately owned apartments. References External links Craignish Castle, Parlington Hall website Castles in Argyll and Bute Clan Campbell seats Category B listed buildings in Argyll and Bute Listed castles in Scotland