Detail of dormer windows on N facade Digital image of SU/825

Description Detail of dormer windows on N facade Digital image of SU/825

Date 1982

Catalogue Number SC 772684

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of SU 825

Scope and Content Gablets, Coach Stables, Skibo Castle, Highland This shows the two central dormer windows on the pair of two-storeyed dwelling houses at the north side of the coach stables which were probably built by Ross & Macbeth in the early 20th century. The triangular gablets have wild beasts at each side and a central ball finial. The octagonal chimney-stacks have a square base and the drainpipe has a decorative bracket. Andrew Carnegie had over 17 cars stored in various garages throughout the estate. These cars were used by Carnegie and his family and also by his guests. Carnegie employed car washers, mechanics and chauffeurs to look after the cars and it seems likely that these were probably homes for the chauffeurs and their families. Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) was born in Scotland and made a fortune in the steel industry in the United States of America. Once his daughter was born he decided that she should have a Scottish home, and at the end of the 19th century he bought a large Baronial house at Skibo built in 1880 by Clarke & Bell. In addition to the £85,000 purchase price, he spent a further £2 million in the creation of an even larger mansion, constructed between 1899 and 1903 to the designs of Ross & Macbeth. In 1981 his daughter Margaret decided to sell the estate, and the castle lay empty until 1990 when Peter de Savary paid £10 million for the castle and the 2,832-hectare estate. Some £30 million was then invested in its transformation into the Carnegie Club, a private residential golf and sporting club. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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