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North Uist, Vallay, Vallay House

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Country House (20th Century)

Site Name North Uist, Vallay, Vallay House

Classification Country House (20th Century)

Canmore ID 10047

Site Number NF77NE 28

NGR NF 77360 75908

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/10047

Ordnance Survey licence number AC0000807262. All rights reserved.
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Rear (SW) elevation of Vallay House, taken from WSW
Rear (SW) elevation of Vallay House, taken from WSWGeneral view of Vallay House and SW boundary wall, taken from SWView of Vallay House, taken from SDistant view across Vallay, showing Old Vallay House and Chamberlain's House to centre, Vallay Farmstead to left and Vallay House to right, taken from WView along the Vallay coastline towards Vallay House, with Old Vallay House and the Chamberlain's House beyond, taken from WNWCopy of postcard of Vallay House, North Uist, published by Nimmo - Leith, Edinburgh.General viewGeneral view Digital image of IN/5610General oblique aerial view centred on the country house and the remains of the house, farmstead and walled garden, taken from the SSE.Oblique aerial view centred on the country house and the remains of the house, farmstead and walled garden, taken from the SSE.View of entrance gateway and NE driveway, looking to Vallay House, taken from NEInterior view. Fireplace and flanking inglenooks within stair hall, Vallay HouseView looking along E driveway towards Vallay House, including E gatepiersRear view of Chamberlain's House and Old Vallay House, with Vallay House in the distance, taken from NEView across Rubha nan Gillean to Vallay House, taken from WGeneral oblique aerial view of the Isle of Vallay, looking from the location of the remains of fish traps at Moronish towards Vallay House, Vallay, North Uist, taken from the SW.General oblique aerial view of the Isle of Vallay, North Uist, taken from the W.Oblique aerial view of the remains of Vallay House and Old Vallay House, Vallay, North Uist, taken from the E.Family gathering at Vallay House, North Uist (from left - George Beveridge, Rab Frazer, Sir William Beveridge, Charles Beveridge,Erskine Beveridge and Meg BeveridgeRab Frazer at Vallay House, North UistOblique aerial view.General viewGeneral viewOblique aerial view centred on the country house and the remains of the house, farmstead and walled garden, taken from the SW.General view of Vallay House taken from SSW, with Old Vallay House and the Chaimberlain's House in the backgroundPrincipal (NE) elevation of Vallay House, taken from ESide (NW) elevation of Vallay House, taken from NInterior view, ground floor morning room in Vallay HouseInterior view, master bedroom at 1st floor in Vallay HouseView of SE gateway, Vallay House, Old Vallay House and the Chamberlain's House, taken from landing point of Vallay StrandView along Vallay coastline towards Vallay House, taken from WView along the Vallay coastline towards Vallay House, with Old Vallay House and the Chamberlain's House beyond, taken from WNWOblique aerial view of the remains of Vallay House and Old Vallay House, Vallay, North Uist, taken from the SW.Family gathering at Vallay House, North Uist (from left - George Beveridge, Rab Frazer, Sir William Beveridge, Charles Beveridge (boy) and Erskine Beveridge)Distant view.Distant view.View of Vallay House, taken from SWDetail view, section of intact W boundary wall, Vallay HouseInterior view, looking into the remains of the ground floor drawing room of Vallay HouseInterior view, ground floor morning room in Vallay HouseOblique aerial view of the remains of Vallay House and Old Vallay House, Vallay, North Uist, taken from the SSE.Oblique aerial view of the remains of Vallay House and Old Vallay House, Vallay, North Uist, taken from the SE.Oblique aerial view of the remains of Vallay House and Old Vallay House, Vallay, North Uist, taken from the SSW.Oblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view centred on the country house and the remains of the house, farmstead and walled garden, taken from the SSE.General oblique aerial view centred on the remains of Vallay House, taken from the ESE.General viewView from ENorth Uist, Vallay, Vallay House, NF77NE 28, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoView of entrance gateway and NE driveway, looking to Vallay House, taken from NEInterior view, ground floor morning room in Vallay HouseView of the Chamberlain's House, looking towards Vallay House, taken from EGeneral oblique aerial view of the remains of Vallay House and Old Vallay House, Vallay, North Uist, taken from the SSW.Family gathering at Vallay House, North Uist (from left - George Beveridge, Rab Frazer, Sir William Beveridge and Charles Beveridge (boy).Oblique aerial view centred on the country house and the remains of the house, farmstead and walled garden, taken from the SW.Oblique aerial view centred on the country house and the remains of the house, farmstead and walled garden, taken from the SE.View of ruined Old Vallay House.View of Vallay House, taken from WDetail view of W boundary wall, Vallay HouseView of Vallay House, taken from SEPrincipal (NE) elevation of Vallay House, taken from EDetail of E gatepier and boundary wall, with Vallay House in the backgroundView along the Vallay coastline towards Vallay House, with Old Vallay House and the Chamberlain's House beyond, taken from WNWOblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view.Distant general viewGeneral oblique aerial view centred on the country house and the remains of the house, farmstead and walled garden, taken from the SSE.General view of Vallay House taken from W, with Old Vallay House and the Chamberlain's House visible in the backgroundGeneral view of Vallay House and garden gate on SW boundary, taken from WView from Vallay House along NE driveway, looking to Old Vallay House and the Chamberlain's House, taken from SWInterior view, stair hall and main stair of Vallay HouseInterior detail, remnant of original wallpaper within the stair hall of Vallay HouseDistant view to Vallay House, with N Uist visible beyond, taken from WNWGround floor plan of Vallay House, Western Isles.Vallay House, North Uist parish, Western IslesGeneral viewVallay House shortly after construction.View of Vallay House, taken from SEView of Vallay House, taken from SW, with Old Vallay House and the Chamberlain's House in the backgroundInterior view, stair hall and main stair of Vallay HouseOblique aerial view of the remains of Vallay House and Old Vallay House, Vallay, North Uist, taken from the ESE.Copy of original drawing titled 'Vallay Drains' and inscribed '5 Alva Street, Edinburgh, 1903'. R Blackadder, Secretary and Treasurer, Sanitary Protection Association, resided at this address in 1903 - probable originator of drawing.Oblique aerial view centred on the country house and the remains of the house, farmstead and walled garden, taken from the NW.Oblique aerial view centred on the country house and the remains of the house, farmstead and walled garden, taken from the WSW.Oblique aerial view centred on the country house and the remains of the house, farmstead and walled garden, taken from the SSW.General oblique aerial view centred on the remains of Vallay House, taken from the E.General view from E

Administrative Areas

  • Council Western Isles
  • Parish North Uist
  • Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
  • Former District Western Isles
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Recording Your Heritage Online

Recording Your Heritage Online

Vallay House, c.1902 Lichened wreck of the crowstepped Edwardian mansion built on a windswept terrace for the island's then owner, the author and archaeologist/naturalist Erskine Beveridge. The cement-harled brick building was equipped with all the fashionable mod cons of its day, and had water piped over from a reservoir on North Uist. Beveridge's son was drowned crossing the strand in 1944 , and it was not long before the house was abandoned for good. The older buildings of Vallay, lime-mortared and gilded with lichen, vary in date and are mostly roofless now. Among these:

Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk

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Site Management (14 May 1990)

Buildings at Risk Register BARR

Baronial style mansion with a cement rendered exterior on a terrace, built for the naturalist/ archaeologist Erskine Beveridge. (Miers) Erskine Beveridge inherited and expanded a successful linen works in Dunfermline and was a keen amateur photographer, a number of which were taken in the Hebrides and the Highlands of Scotland. Vallay is a tidal islean with no fresh water supply, Beveridge had water piped across the strand. Following the construction of the house, Beveridge spent may summers on the island before his death in 1920, leaving the property to his son, who moved to nearby North Uist until his death in 1944. (West Highland Free Press)

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