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Duncraig Halt And Shelter
Railway Halt (19th Century), Railway Platform (19th Century), Shelter (19th Century)
Site Name Duncraig Halt And Shelter
Classification Railway Halt (19th Century), Railway Platform (19th Century), Shelter (19th Century)
Canmore ID 173039
Site Number NG83SW 34
NGR NG 81214 33237
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/173039
- Council Highland
- Parish Lochalsh
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Duncraig Castle, Alexander Ross, 1866 Overgrown Scots Jacobean villa with various crenellated towers, superbly sited to command views of the Cuillin and Applecross mountains, and most effective when seen from Plockton, across the bay. Built for Sir Alexander Matheson, it was bequeathed to Ross & Cromarty County Council in 1945 and became a home economics training college. Extended with a discordant Modernist wing in 1969. Closed in 1989, the house suffered more than a decade of neglect before new owners set about its rescue in 2003. Hidden among the policies, various contemporary ancillary buildings include: laundry with louvred cupola, court of offices inscribed 'Fear God, work hard, be honest', boat house, large walled garden and private station stop, with frilly-eaved octagonal hut.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
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Duncraig Halt
Built 1893-1897
