View from E of Reception Centre (with Boardroom above).

Description View from E of Reception Centre (with Boardroom above).

Date 23/2/1994

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

Catalogue Number C 24220 CN

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copies SC 735886

Scope and Content Reception centre from east, Glen Grant Distillery, Rothes, Moray Glen Grant Distillery was established in 1840 by brothers John and James Grant. A second distillery, called Glen Grant No 2 was built over the road in 1898 (closed 1902), linked to the original premises by a 'whisky pipe' over the road. The original distillery produces a single malt which is used as part of the Famous Grouse blend, and is the best selling malt whisky in Italy. This shows the distillery reception, built in Scots Baronial style in the 1890s. It features turrets at first-floor level, a crowstepped central gable with inset clock, and decorative tiling on the 'pepperpot' roofs with their golden weathercocks. The building is used a reception centre for visitors with a boardroom for meetings on the first floor. The Glen Grant 'Two Highlanders' label shows the founding brothers enjoying a 'dram' (small measure of whisky). John Grant (1797-1864) is said to have smuggled whisky into the Lowlands in his earlier career as a grain dealer, and James (1801-72) was a solicitor and Provost of Elgin (1824-63). They bought part of the lease of an Aberlour distillery in 1824, before founding Glen Grant in 1840. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

Medium Colour negative

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