Coylet Inn
| Coylet Inn | |
|---|---|
 Coylet Inn in November 2019 | |
  Coylet Inn Location within Scotland | |
| Former names | Loch Eck Inn |
| General information | |
| Type | Bed and breakfast |
| Location | Coylet |
| Address | A815 |
| Town or city | Dunoon |
| Country | Scotland |
| Coordinates | 56°03′16″N 4°59′00″W / 56.054358°N 4.983337°WCoordinates: 56°03′16″N 4°59′00″W / 56.054358°N 4.983337°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed. |
| Elevation | 157.48 feet (48.00 m) |
| Renovated | 2015–2019 |
| Owner | Craig Wilson |
| Height | |
| Roof | Slate |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 2 |
The Coylet Inn is a 17th-century building in Coylet, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, about nine miles northwest of Dunoon. Originally a coaching inn,[1] it sits about 90 feet (27 m) from the eastern shore of Loch Eck, towards its southern end. It was originally known as the Loch Eck Inn.[2][3]
Its earliest known mention is in 1897’s The Geology of Cowal: Including the Part of Argyllshire Between the Clyde and Loch Fine.[4]
The building was badly damaged by fire on 7 July 2015,[5] and reopened after repairs on 31 May 2019.
Film
The building is believed to be haunted by the ghost of a boy who drowned after sleepwalking from the inn to the loch during the night.[6] Filmmaker Paul Murton developed the story into a television movie, 1994’s The Blue Boy, starring Emma Thompson.[7] Thompson returned to the inn nine years later when she held her wedding reception there.[8]
Gallery
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The building in March 2017, when it was boarded up after a fire two years earlier. The photograph shows the building's proximity to Loch Eck
References
- ↑ Loch Eck and Holy Loch - The Rough Guide to Scottish Highlands & Islands, 2004
- ↑ "Argyll, Bute and The Islands". Around About Britain: Hotels, B & Bs, Self Catering Holiday Cottages and Campsites in the UK.
- ↑ "Coylet Inn". Best Pubs and Inns of Britain 2002. Windsor, Berkshire: AA. 2001. p. 533. ISBN 9781562516871. Search this book on
- ↑ The Geology of Cowal: Including the Part of Argyllshire Between the Clyde and Loch Fine - William Gunn, Charles Thomas Clough, James Bastian Hill (H.M. Stationery Office, 1897)
- ↑ "Blaze at Coylet Inn". Dunoon Observer and Argyllshire Standard. 7 July 2015.
- ↑ "Hen do girls get the shock of their lives with chilling image in photograph" - Plymouth Herald, 20 January 2018
- ↑ "A ghostly legend materialises" - The Herald, 15 August 1994
- ↑ "Emma Thompson Stars in Secret White Wedding" - The Independent, 31 July 2003
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