Stollmeyer's Castle (Killarney)
Scottish baronial mansion of 1904 on the Queen's Park Savannah, open for guided tours by appointment.
Stollmeyer's Castle, still widely known by its original name Killarney, stands at the north-western corner of the Queen's Park Savannah and is the best known of the group of mansions called the Magnificent Seven. It was built in 1904 for Charles Fourier Stollmeyer, a businessman of German descent whose family made its fortune in cocoa and later in oil. The Scottish architect Robert Gillies modelled the turreted design loosely on a wing of Balmoral Castle.
The house combines imported Scottish stonework and slate with local hardwoods, and its corner towers, steep roofs and crow-stepped gables make it an unusual sight in the tropics. It was used as an American officers' mess during the Second World War, later passed through private hands and was bought by the state in 1979. After a long restoration the building was opened to the public, and guided tours cover the entrance hall, staircase, principal rooms and grounds.
Highlights
- The most photographed of the Magnificent Seven mansions on the Savannah
- Turrets and crow-stepped gables modelled on Balmoral Castle
- Imported Scottish stone and slate combined with Trinidadian hardwoods
- Guided tours of the hall, staircase and principal rooms
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