In one of the fireplaces at Argyll's Lodging. The State Apartments have been painstakingly recreated during recent restoration work and offer a fascinating insight into the lives of the people who lived here. During the occupation of Lord and Lady Argyll in the late 17th Century, the apartments comprised three rooms: an outer chamber or drawing room, the couple's bed chamber and Lady Argyll's closet.

In the drawing room there is a grand fireplace dating from the 1630s and with traces of the family arms of the Earl of Stirling still apparent. The walls are hung with fine tapestries and the recreated furnishings are lavish.

The bedchamber, with original 17th Century en-suite, the stool closet, has an intimate feel. A large four-poster bed dominates the largely purple room and there is more fine recreated furniture. The walls are hung with drapes. This opulence was not just for personal pleasure; the Lord and Lady would also entertain in this room.

The earliest surviving parts of Argyll's Lodging dates from the 16th Century and include a kitchen and two small vaulted rooms at the east end of the range. These were part of the first house on the site though larger kitchens were later added at the west end as the property was extended.