View from E along N side of distillery, showing yard, N side of Malt Storage Bins (part of Still House block), Reception Centre and (right) Office building containing Manager's Office and Committee Ro ...

Description View from E along N side of distillery, showing yard, N side of Malt Storage Bins (part of Still House block), Reception Centre and (right) Office building containing Manager's Office and Committee Rooms. Digital image of C 24217.

Date 1994

Catalogue Number SC 735883

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of C 24217

Scope and Content Reception centre and offices 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, from left to right, part of the still block and malt storage bins, the Scots Baronial-style reception centre, and the distillery offices with their crenellated cornice and crowstepped gable. One of the original copper stills stands on a plinth (right). 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.

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