View from S

Description View from S

Date 11/5/1998

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number D 31664 CN

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copies SC 757538

Scope and Content Stables, Cluny Castle, Highland, from south The carriage house was entered through the central arched entrance, with the stables in the block to the left and a cottage, with a 12-paned window, on the right. The carriage house and part of the stables have since been converted to a saw mill to replace the original estate saw mill which is now in ruins. The stables were originally fitted with stalls where the horses used for riding and to pull carriages were fed and rested. Horses were properly cared for as replacements were expensive to buy. The stable block was an important building on the estate as its size and style of architecture showed the wealth and standing of the owner. Cluny Castle was built in 1805 for the Macphersons of Cluny and stands on the site of an earlier castle which was destroyed by fire in 1746. William Laidlaw Carruthers, Inverness, designed the north-west wing and the Queen Anne Revival-style porch c.1890. The stable range was built in the early 19th century, probably around the time of the rebuilding of the castle. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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