So THAT's where I live...

So, I was doing a little digging online for info on a condo I'm considering purchasing, and in the process, I came across an article detailing Frederick Rastrick, a major architect working in Hamilton during the 1850's. Turns out...he didn't design my building. But the article did have a (albeit short) blurb on The Castle. Built in the 1850's by a man named Reid for the Thompson family, it was once named 'Amisfield', I'm assuming after Amisfield Tower in Dumfries, Scotland. Quick quote from the article:

"From the late 1940s, when the annex known as the Castle Building was added on the north, to the present day that has seen it engulfed by mediocrity, "The Castle" has been a textbook example of indifference to architectural quality."

I couldn't agree more.

Amisfield House, as it once looked:

Amisfield House, three days ago: