Arnisdale House, Steading
Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Arnisdale House, Steading
Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 275645
Site Number NG80NW 26
NGR NG 84791 09973
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/275645
- Council Highland
- Parish Glenelg (Skye And Lochalsh)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
Arnisdale House, Ross & Macbeth, 1898-1916. Gabled shooting lodge with central bracketted verandah, built for Valentine Fleming of the famous banking family (father of the writer and explorer Peter Fleming, and of Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond), who was killed in action a year after it was completed. A treelined avenue leads to the site of its predecessor, whose garden boasted 'prodigious quantities of apples, pears, gooseberries, raspberries, strawberries, currants, and most excellent vegetables' when John Knox visited Macleod of Arnisdale here in 1786. U-plan steading, a rare survival of an early 20th century pre-fabricated corrugated iron-clad kit.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2007. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NG80NW 26 84791 09973 Steading
NG81SW 1 84794 10171 Arnisdale House
