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Kingshouse Hotel, Bridge
Bridge (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Kingshouse Hotel, Bridge
Classification Bridge (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Old Bridge Over River Etive
Canmore ID 125732
Site Number NN25SE 7
NGR NN 25961 54683
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/125732
- Council Highland
- Parish Glenorchy And Inishail (Lochaber)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Argyll
Through the canyon-like Pass of Glencoe and out onto Rannoch Moor, and the only building for miles is: Kingshouse Hotel, mid-18th century, now much modernised and extended to cater for the hillclimbing brigade that has replaced 'drovers, pedlars, soldiers and travellers' as its main clients. The original inn is still visible at its core, attractively sited beside Caulfeild's bridge of 1751-2. It was described by Dorothy Wordsworth in 1803 as 'a large square building, cased in blue slates to defend it from storms ...'.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NN25SE 7 25961 54683 (MR 8)
The bridge over the River Etive dates from 1751-2. It is a small single-span rubble bridge, with a dressed rubble arch ring and cope to a low parapet with a slightly splayed approach.
SDD list 1985.
