West lodge, view from south Digital image of A/34086

Description West lodge, view from south Digital image of A/34086

Date 4/1985

Catalogue Number SC 765855

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of A 34086

Scope and Content West Lodge, Kinlochmoidart House, Highland, from south This shows the West Lodge which was built c.1884 and probably also designed by William Leiper. The crowstepped gable entrance porch complemented the crowstepped gable with an oculus (circular window) on the left. The crowsteps of gableted form contrast with those of single stepped form (right). 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. Kinlochmoidart House was built in 1884 for Robert Stewart, distiller and stands on the site of an earlier house which was destroyed by fire in the mid-18th century. William Leiper (1839-1916), designed the house in Scots Baronial style and used local whinstone and red Ballochmyle sandstone in the construction. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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