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Publication Account
Date 2004
Event ID 1019655
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1019655
The village owes its current picturesque form to Sir Donald Currie who owned the Garth and Fortingall estates in the later 19th century. He employed James Marjoribanks Maclaren, an accomplished young architect from Stirlingshire, based in London to redevelop the estate. In 1886 Maclaren designed the farmhouse and steading at Balnald and then in 1889 the Glenlyon farmhouse and steading followed. That same year the famous and influential thatched cottages at Kirkton were built. In 1890 Maclaren died at the age of 37. Dunn and Watson continued the practice completing Maclaren's designs for the Fortingall Hotel and the alterations to Glenlyon House. Dunn and Watson designed the now slated New Cottages in 1914 and this 'idyllic arts and crafts' village was completed in 1936 when W Curtis Green added the Village Hall.
Information from ‘RCAHMS Excursion Guide 2004: Commissioners' Field Excursion, Perth and Angus, 31 August – 2 September 2004’.
