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Spean Bridge, Blairour
Farmhouse (19th Century), House (19th Century), Walled Garden (19th Century)
Site Name Spean Bridge, Blairour
Classification Farmhouse (19th Century), House (19th Century), Walled Garden (19th Century)
Canmore ID 277802
Site Number NN28SW 22
NGR NN 22181 82137
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/277802
- Council Highland
- Parish Kilmonivaig
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
Blairour, c.1800 and later Somewhat ungainly later 19th-century aggrandisement of a farmhouse (also sometime manse for Kilmonivaig Church from 1812 ), with outsized concrete bay windows and other additions for the family still associated with the house, whose ancestor, 'Long' John Macdonald of the Keppoch branch, founded the Ben Nevis Distillery in 1825. At the start of a tree-lined avenue, Spean Cottage, earlier 19th century, is a pretty example of a Highland estate cottage with rare surviving 12 -light lying pane sashes.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
