Braemore House
Country House (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Braemore House
Classification Country House (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Braemore And Inverbroom Estate
Canmore ID 105386
Site Number NH17NE 7
NGR NH 19969 79273
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/105386
- Council Highland
- Parish Lochbroom
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH17NE 7.00 19969 79273
NH17NE 7.01 NH 19479 79413 Stables (Braemore Square)
NH17NE 7.02 NH 19550 79311 Generator House
See also:
NH17NE 8 NH 18614 77743 Estate Footbridge (Abhainn Cuileag)
NH27NW 4 NH 203 784 Tunnel and culvert
NH27NW 10 NH 20179 79180 Icehouse
NH27NW 11 NH 20879 77697 Lodge
NH27NW 12 NH c. 2087 7769 to NH c. 1997 7927 Track
NH27NW 13 NH 200 793 Stable
NH27NW 14.00 NH 20555 79193 Home Loch (Reservoir and dams)
NH27NW 14.01 NH 20482 79169 Boathouse
NH28SE 1 NH 25933 81181 Beinn Dearg, cairn (nil antiquity)
NH28SE 2 NH c. 260 812 Beinn Dearg, wall (unemployment relief project).
House: located at NH 1997 7927, now demolished.
Information from Prof R Paxton, 28 March 2006.
Build (1867)
In a letter of 15 July 1867, [Sir John] Fowler refers to the bulk of the stonework of Braemore House as being gneiss obtained from a quarry about 1/4 mile away. The stone was of a blue colour and ‘wonderfully durable’.
R Paxton and J Shipway, 2007.
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Highlands and Islands' with kind permission
Publication Account (2007)
Braemore and Inverbroom Estate
Structures, Wester Ross
(Institute Civil Engineers Historic Engineering Works no. HEW 1556)
Sir John Fowler, whose major works included London’s Metropolitan Railway and the Forth Bridge, purchased in 1865 and 1867, respectively, estates totalling 40 000 acres at Braemore and Inverbroom, near Ullapool, which he enjoyed for over three decades, his last visit being in October 1897. During this period he applied his engineering skills to developing the estate for the enjoyment of his family and distinguished guests. His improvements, apart from planting nine million trees and maximising agricultural development, included building Braemore House on a mountainside 700 ft above sea level. In a letter of 15 July 1867, Fowler refers to the bulk of the stonework of Braemore House as being gneiss obtained from a quarry about 1/4 mile away. The stone was of a blue colour and ‘wonderfully durable’. For the corners of the buildings and openings, durable sandstone was obtained from Glasgow by sea and carted 6 miles from the head of Loch Broom.
R Paxton and J Shipway, 2007.
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Highlands and Islands' with kind permission
