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Inshes House
Country House (18th Century)
Site Name Inshes House
Classification Country House (18th Century)
Canmore ID 13515
Site Number NH64SE 32
NGR NH 69498 43716
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/13515
- Council Highland
- Parish Inverness And Bona
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH64SE 32.00 69498 43716.
NH64SE 32.01 NH 69503 43692 Dovecot
(NH 69494372 Inshes House (NAT)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1906)
Inshes Hosue: A plain, three storey mansion formely the residence of the proprietor of the estate of Inshes from which it gets its name. The date 1767 over the door denotes when the house was rebuilt, at the expense of the Government, after being destroyed by the Montrose party. The ancient building possessed a keep or tower, and the Doveot is still in a good state of preservation.
Name Book 1868; New Statistical Account (NSA, A Rose, A Clark, R Macpherson) 1845
The date '1767' is to be seen on the south gable end under a coat of arms. The additions to the rear of the house are modern. The dovecot is roofed and in a good state of repair, and is probably of 18th c. date.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 24 April 1962.
Architect: W L Carruthers & Alexander (C. 1900)
REFERENCE: NMRS Library
'Scottish Country Life' June 1930 p 172 - sale advertisement (Knight Frank & Rutley) with photograph.
