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Recording Your Heritage Online
Event ID 563593
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Recording Your Heritage Online
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/563593
Inverlochy Castle Hotel, Robert Hesketh, 1863-6; addition by J. Macvicar Anderson, 1889-1891 A somewhat galumphing Tudor baronial mansion, more successful inside than out, built for William Scarlett, 3rd Lord Abinger, to replace his father's shooting lodge of c.1850. Edwardian extensions and upgrading included a sombre Norman castle block to the north east, a second square tower to the south east, huge bay windows and porte-cochere, heating and electric light. The lavish, French Empire-style painted plaster ceiling in the hall dates from 1891. The mansion sits at the foot of Ben Nevis, with views west over its garden terrace to the distant hills of Moidart. Visiting for a week in 1873, Queen Victoria recorded 'I never saw a lovelier or more romantic spot'. The house became a hotel in 1969. Gate Lodge and Carriage House/Stables, Robert Hesketh, 1863 In matching martial guise, the former a neat sentrypost with jagged edges and rugged finish, the latter, with pepperpots clinging to its crenellated parapets, now converted to five 'suites'.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
