Cove, Argyll

Cove
Cove and the Rosneath peninsula seen from Blairmore, on the Cowal peninsula, across Loch Long.
Cove
Cove shown within Argyll and Bute
OS grid reference	NS 22237 82010
Council area	Argyll and Bute
Lieutenancy area	Argyll and Bute
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Helensburgh
Postcode district	G84
Dialling code	01436
EU Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	Argyll and Bute
Scottish Parliament	Dumbarton

Cove is a village on the south-west coast of the Rosneath peninsula, on Loch Long, in Argyll and Bute, West of Scotland.

Historically in Dunbartonshire, before the local government reorganisation in Scotland in 1975 it formed part of the small Joint Burgh of Cove and Kilcreggan. It remained in Dumbarton District until 1996 when it was transferred to Argyll and Bute with the rest of the peninsula.

In common with many villages in the area, Cove was home to wealthy Glasgow merchants and shipowners in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Several of the large houses have either been converted or have gone.^[1]

Houses designed by Alexander "Greek" Thomson

Houses by Alexander "Greek" Thomson around Cove include: Craigrownie Castle, Glen Eden, Craig Ailey, Ferndean and Seymour Lodge, all dating from the 1850s.

James Burns (3rd Baron Inverclyde)

Hartfield was the summer residence of Lord Inverclyde and later became a YMCA hostel before its dereliction and demolition in the 1960s by Fraser Hamilton of Knockderry Farm.

Craigrownie Church

Craigrownie Parish Church serves the communities of Ardpeaton, Cove and Kilcreggan.^[2]

References

External links

• Map sources for Cove, Argyll
• Craig Ailey Villa, Cove, Firth of Clyde
• The Gareloch and Rosneath Peninsula
• Craigrownie Church

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