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Craig Ailey

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Craig Ailey, formerly known as Italian Villa, is a Lombardic Romanesque Revival and Italianate villa on South Ailey Road in Cove, Argyll, Scotland, perched on a cliff overlooking the Firth of Clyde and Loch Long. It was designed in 1850 by the architect Alexander Thomson, later known as Greek Thomson, and built around 1852 for the builder and developer John McElroy, who had feued land in the Cove and Kilcreggan area from the eighth Duke of Argyll. The villa is an example of the residential development that took place in the district during that period and has been a Category A listed building since May 14, 1971. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account
Villa 2
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom 3
Completed Year
1852 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
Villa 2
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Villa, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

In Style

Italianate Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Craig Ailey (Wikipedia)
Romanesque Revival Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Craig Ailey (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
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1. Craig Ailey (Wikipedia)
  • Wikipedia categories
    Category:Houses completed in 1852
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    Craig Ailey, formerly known as Italian Villa, is a Lombardic Romanesque Revival and Italianate villa on South Ailey Road in Cove, Argyll, Scotland, perched on a cliff overlooking the Firth of Clyde and Loch Long. It was designed in 1850 by the architect Alexander Thomson, later known as Greek Thomson, and built around 1852 for the builder and developer John McElroy, who had feued land in the Cove and Kilcreggan area from the eighth Duke of Argyll. The villa is an example of the residential development that took place in the district during that period and has been a Category A listed building since May 14, 1971.
  • In Style: Romanesque Revival Architecture, Infobox, architectural_style
    architectural_style: Lombardic Italianate
  • In Style: Italianate Architecture, Infobox, architectural_style
    architectural_style: Lombardic Italianate
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2. Craig Ailey (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Villa)
Quote, Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Villa)
Wikidata item Q1138497, instance of (P31): villa
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3. Craig Ailey (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 390831): Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 390831): Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
Wikidata item Q1138497, property P131/P17 (location): Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
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Wikidata: Craig Ailey
Wikidata Q1138497, class allow-list match (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926 resolve_missing)View the Source
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