View from ESE Digital image of D/31681/cn

Description View from ESE Digital image of D/31681/cn

Date 11/5/1998

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

Catalogue Number SC 757515

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 31681 CN

Scope and Content East Lodge, Cluny Castle, Highland, from east-south-east This shows two crenellated (battlement-style) piers at either side of the driveway, with the east lodge, built in the early 19th century, in the background. The lodge had tooled grey granite ashlar main elevations with its roof overhanging the walls and supported by white-painted wooden columns. Gatehouses were located around the estate perimeter and were occupied by the servant and his family who opened and closed the gates leading to the country house. The buildings were designed to hint at the quality of the architecture of the main house or constructed in an architectural style favoured by the owner of the estate. 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. Many of the estate buildings were also built when the castle was rebuilt, including gate lodges, stables, meal mill, saw mill and walled gardens. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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