Welcome to the Kitchen Garden! Five acres in size the Kitchen Garden was laid out in 1820. In the 1990’s it was redeveloped by noted garden designer Rosemary Verey, OBE VHM, who worked with the then ...

Artist Oisín Byrne joined Director of our Contemporary Visual Arts Programme, Sophie Crichton Stuart, in conversation following the launch of his exhibition smell the book at Mount Stuart. You can ...

Allow Oisín Byrne's exhibition to come alive through a fun-filled dive into alphabets, languages, songs and the dressing up box with this family friendly curator led tour. About the exhibition The ...

Please do not visit if you feel unwell with any symptoms of COVID-19 or have come into contact with anyone who may have symptoms.

At Mount Stuart Trust, we are committed to the land having a meaningful and positive impact on those who live and work on the Isle of Bute. Our Land Management Plan highlights the importance of ...

Our overarching objective is to be part of a thriving community on Bute. We believe that through partnerships and collaboration with others, we have the best chance of maintaining our community in the ...

Our rural team manage and maintain over 2,000 acres of land across Bute for the purposes of public recreation and enjoyment. This does not include our beautiful broad leaf woodland, which many ...

Learn about the intergenerational collecting culture fostered by the Crichton-Stuart family, while viewing spectacular conditionally exempt paintings, silver, porcelain, furniture and other pieces of ...

The ceiling stars and windows were designed together, however, there was a problem with the design – the perfect star map reads backwards. There are two possible explanations for this: the original ...

Mount Stuart House is set within 300 acres of glorious gardens and wild woodland. All colour coded walks are signposted. If you would prefer not to explore off the beaten track, please keep to the ...

Her real name was Erigone. Her father, Icarius, who appears at the bottom of the window, discovered the art of making wine. When he intoxicated his friends, they, thinking that they had been poisoned, ...

It was my pleasure to participate in the work placement at Mount Stuart in collaboration with the University of Glasgow’s Dress and Textile Histories postgraduate programme. Over the course of four ...