Innis Chonain or Innischonan is an island in

Loch Awe Loch Awe (Scottish Gaelic: ''Loch Obha''; also sometimes anglicised as Lochawe, Lochaw, or Lochow) is a large body of freshwater in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands. It has also given its name to a village on its banks, variously known as Lo ...

, Scotland connected to the mainland by a bridge. Lochaweandinnischonain

Architect, author and antiquarian Walter Douglas Campbell, a young brother of Archibald Campbell, 1st

Baron Blythswood Baron Blythswood, of Blythswood House, Blythswood in the Renfrewshire, County of Renfrew, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 24 August 1892 for Archibald Campbell, 1st Baron Blythswood, Sir Archibald Campbell, 1s ...

, purchased the island in the second half of the 19th century. He designed and built Innis Chonain House and also nearby St Conan's Tower for himself, his artist sister Helen and their mother the elderly Mrs Caroline Campbell of

Blythswood House Blythswood House was a 100-room neoclassical mansion at Renfrew, Scotland, built for the Douglas-Campbell family from the considerable incomes arising from their ownership of the Lands of Blythswood in Glasgow, including Blythswood Hill, develop ...

near Glasgow. Walter delighted in building unusual properties, including St Conan’s Kirk, which is on the mainland nearby, an eclectic blend of church styles.

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