Lady Guilford

Current boat name

Lady Guilford

Function

Sports and Leisure

Type

Length (m / ft)

9.83 / 32ft 3in

Date of build

1819

Present use

Museum/SMM

LADY GUILFORD the Marquess of Bute's sailing Galley is a rare survivor as her hull rigging and fittings are in remarkable condition. She is one of the very few survivors of this type of craft and is best compared with PEGGY from the IoM and Lord St Levans OLD BARGE from St Michael's Mount. It was built in 1819 for the then Marquess of Bute by Lachlane McLean, as a ferry boat to the mainland. It is on term loan from the present Marquess of Bute, Mount Stuart, Isle of Bute A very early, complete and unaltered survivor of a Scots wooden vessel of any type, probably the oldest surviving Scottish-built boat The vessel now know as 'Lady Guilford' was built in 1818 for John Crichton... had been constructed for her the total cost of the 'pleasure boat' was £160 1/- 5d Important as one of a fine group of wooden boats representative of Scottish small-boat building practice