Errocht House

Erracht (Eireachd - place of Assembly), early 19th century Remodelling of an older house which was "creel and turfed on the outside" (1772) and still standing in 1788. The plain harled front, with only a later timber porch for adornment, is typical of its genre, emphasis horizontal rather than vertical, windows set well in from the sides and tucked up close to the eaves on the upper floor. But it appears to be of several builds, raised up from one to two storeys, probably 1814 -16, when bills show Col. Alexander Cameron paying for timber, nails, glass, gunpowder, masons' wages and rough casting. The elegant stair and the moving of the best rooms to the first floor may date from this time, or from a further phase of works in 1826. A sliding wooden contraption designed to bar the front door to unwelcome visitors survives inside, probably 18th century. Late 19th-century rear wing. Barn, 1772, built by Alan Cameron, his account of which survives. A long stone range sloping down one side of the garden enclosure, it is interestingly a superior structure to the creel house.

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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(NN 1425 8238) Errocht (NAT)

OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1904)

Erracht House, ancient home of the Erracht branch of clan Cameron, was in existence in 1715.

D B MacCulloch 1938.

NN 143 828. Errocht, name confirmed, a whitewashed, two-storey farmhouse, situated upon a rise of ground in the middle of Glen Loy, over looking the Lochy valley. There are modern additions at the rear of the house, which is in excellent condition. Mr R M Ogilvie, the owner, stated that the upper storey was added late in the 19th century also that the Cameron Highlanders were founded here.

Visited by OS (A S P) 12 July 1961.

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Visited by OS (N K B) 6 May 1970.