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Kingussie, Duke Street, Macrobert House

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House (19th Century), Museum (20th Century)

Site Name Kingussie, Duke Street, Macrobert House

Classification House (19th Century), Museum (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Highland Folk Museum

Canmore ID 112178

Site Number NH70SE 60

NGR NH 76001 00676

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/112178

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Detail of wood panelling on staircase at ground floor, MacRobet House, Duke Street, Kingussie
Detail of wood panelling on staircase at ground floor, MacRobet House, Duke Street, KingussieView of MacRobert House from E on Duke StreetInterior. MacRobert House. Weaving display from NInterior. MacRobert House. Weaving display from NWView of museum store from EView of museum store from EView of N gable of MacRobert House, Duke Street, KingussieDetail of balustrade at first floorof MacRobet House, Duke Street, KingussieGround Floor Plan at 1:100 showing MacRobert House, Duke Street, Kingussie; and Site Plan at 1:500 showing Pitmain Lodge, Duke Street, KingussieGround Floor Plan of Pitmain Lodge, Duke Street, KingussieView of Pitmain House from EInterior. MacRobert House. Highland furniture display from EView of MacRobert House from E on Duke StreetInterior. Farming Museum. Stable from NWInterior. MacRobert House. Weaving display from NWView of Pitmain House from NE: reception, administration and exhibition spaceView of MacRobert House, Duke Street, Kingussie, from SWGeneral view of Pitmain Lodge and MacRobert House, Duke Street, Kingussie, from SInterior. MacRobert House. Weaving display from NWInterior. Farming Museum. Dairy display from WInterior. MacRobert House. Weaving display from NInterior. MacRobert House. Highland furniture display from EView of balustrade at first floor of MacRobert House, Duke Street, KingussieView of MacRobert House from W on Duke Street: exhibition galleriesView of Pitmain House from EView of MacRobert House from W on Duke Street: exhibition galleriesInterior. Farming Museum. Farm equipment display from SInterior view of staircase from ground floor, MacRobert House, Duke Street, KingussieView of Pitmain House from NE: reception, administration and exhibition spaceInterior. Farming Museum. Stable from NWInterior. Farming Museum. Dairy display from WInterior. Farming Museum. Farm equipment display from SInterior. Farming Museum. Farm equipment display from SInterior. MacRobert House. Highland furniture display from EView from westInterior. Farming Museum. Vehicle display from SView of MacRobert house from W on Duke Street: exhibition galleriesView of MacRobert House from E on Duke StreetView of MacRobert House, Duke Street, Kingussie, from NWView of entrance porch of MacRobert House, Duke Street, KingussieInterior view from N showing first floor of MacRobert House, Duke Street, KingussieInterior view from S showing first floor of MacRobert House, Duke Street, KingussieView of museum store from EInterior. Farming Museum. Vehicle display from SInterior. Farming Museum. Vehicle display from SInterior. Farming Museum. Stable from NWView of MacRobert House, Duke Street, Kingussie, from WGeneral view of MacRobert House, Duke Street, Kingussie, from NWInterior view of ground floor from S showing weaving looms and staircase in MacRobert House, Duke Street, KingussieGeneral view of Pitmain Lodge and MacRobert House, Duke Street, Kingussie, from SSWInterior. MacRobert House. Weaving display from NInterior. Farming Museum. Dairy display from WView of Pitmain House from NE: reception, administration and exhibition spaceView of Pitmain House from E

Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Kingussie And Insh
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Badenoch And Strathspey
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Archaeology Notes

NH70SE 60 76003 00674

Location formerly entered as NH 7599 0067.

Further Details

Site Management (16 October 2020)

Buildings at Risk Register BARR

2-storey, symmetrical 3-bay W facing house. Whitewashed rubble; whitewashed single storey extension at S gable with rubble flanks. Centre door masked by later gabled porch 12-pane glazing; end stacks; local slate roof. Tuskers and blocked doors at N gable indicate former adjoining house or later extension. Lean-to addition across rear elevation.

MacRobert House forms part of the Highland Folk Museum centred on former Pitmain Lodge sited next door. Slates for roof probably from quarries in Glen Banchor, Newtonmore. (Historic Environment Scotland List Entry)

Go to BARR website 

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Photographic Survey (1955)

Photographs of buildings in Kingussie by the Scottish National Buildings Record in 1955.

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