Arnisdale House
House (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Arnisdale House
Classification House (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 105119
Site Number NG81SW 1
NGR NG 84794 10171
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/105119
- Council Highland
- Parish Glenelg (Skye And Lochalsh)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
Arnisdale House, Ross & Macbeth, 1898-1916. Gabled shooting lodge with central bracketted verandah, built for Valentine Fleming of the famous banking family (father of the writer and explorer Peter Fleming, and of Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond), who was killed in action a year after it was completed. A treelined avenue leads to the site of its predecessor, whose garden boasted 'prodigious quantities of apples, pears, gooseberries, raspberries, strawberries, currants, and most excellent vegetables' when John Knox visited Macleod of Arnisdale here in 1786. U-plan steading, a rare survival of an early 20th century pre-fabricated corrugated iron-clad kit.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2007. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NG81SW 1 84794 10171
NG80NW 26 84791 09973 Steading
