House (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Ravens Craig
Classification House (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 277973
Site Number NG83SW 91
NGR NG 82413 32970
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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Ground floor. Kitchen. View from south west.
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Ground floor. Dining room. view from north.
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Ground floor. South stair. View from north west.
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First floor. The great hall. Portrait of Ian Begg in his office space.
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First floor. The great hall. View from east.
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First floor. The great hall. Detail of local builder's initials.
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First floor. The great hall. Detail of north west corner from east.
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Second floor. Master bedroom. View from north east.
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Second floor. Master bedroom. View from balcony looking north.
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Second floor. Master bedroom. View from north west looking through en-suite to south stair.
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Second floor. Master bedroom. View of fireplace from south.
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General view from south west.
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Loggia. View from south east.
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Third floor. Studio. View from north west.
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Ground floor. Dining room. Detail of window reccess on south west wall.
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Ground floor. Dinng room. Detail of sculpture created from core of the bell made for Robin's Tower.
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Ground floor. Dining room. View of niche from north east.
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Ground floor. Loggia. View from north.
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First floor. The great hall. Detail of model.
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First floor. The great hall. Detail of painted murals on ceiling.
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First floor. The great hall. Detail of mural on ceiling.
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First floor. WC. View from south west.
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Robin's Tower. View from south west.
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Second Floor. Bedroom 3. View from north.
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Second floor. Bedroom 2. View from south.
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Second floor. Master bedroom. Detail of door handle.
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Third floor. Studio. View from south east.
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Third floor. Studio. View from north west.
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Third floor. View from balcony looking west.
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Third floor. Studio. Detail of porthole installed by local builder.
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Second floor. Bathroom. View from north.
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Portrait of Ian & Ruth Begg in The Great Hall.
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Ground floor. Dining Room. General view from north.
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Ground floor. Dining room. View from north looking through to kitchen.
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Ground floor. Dining room. View from north west looking through to kitchen.
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Ground floor. Dining room. View from south east.
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Ground floor. Dining room. View of niche from south.
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Ground floor. Main stair. Detail of staircase.
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Ground floor. Dining room. View of fireplace (and hearthstone from Edinburgh home) from north east.
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First floor. North stair. View from south.
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First floor. The great hall. General view from south.
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First floor. The great hall. Detail of mural on ceiling.
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First floor. South stair. View from west.
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First floor. South stair. Detail of window.
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Robin's Tower. View from south west.
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Second floor. Bedroom 3. Detail of fireplace.
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Second floor. Hallway. View from south west.
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Second floor. Hallway. Detail of door, recovered from family home in Glenbuchat.
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DP 236337
Loggia. Detail of sculpture. (Ian Begg?)
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DP 236341
View of garden from west.
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DP 236351
Third floor. Ivory Tower/Bedroom. General view from north west.
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DP 236260
Ground floor. Dining room/Kitchen. Detail of arch.
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Ground floor. Dining room. Detail of decoration above fireplace.
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Ground floor. Dining room. View of alcove from south west.
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Ground floor. Main stair. Detail showing stair construction.
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First floor. The great hall. Portrait of Ian Begg with model of planetarium.
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First floor. The great hall. Detail of ambry, including bell made for Robin's Tower.
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First floor. The great hall. Detail of mural on ceiling.
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First floor. The great hall. Detail of mural on ceiling.
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First floor. The great hall. View of fireplace from south.
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First floor. The great hall. Detail of north west corner from east.
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General view from north west.
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Loggia. View from south west.
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Loggia. Detail of column.
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West elevation. Detail of window.
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Third floor. View from balcony looking north.
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Third floor. View from balcony looking north east.
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Ground floor. Dining room. View of breakfast recess from south west.
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Ground floor. Kitchen. View from north east.
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Ground floor. Dining room. Detail of window reccess on south west wall.
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First floor. The great hall. View from north.
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First floor. The great hall. Portrait of Ian Begg in his office space.
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First floor. The great hall. Detail of mural on ceiling.
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First floor. The great hall. Detail of mural on ceiling.
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Second floor. Bedroom 2. View from south.
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Second floor. Master bedroom. View from north east.
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Second floor. Master bedroom. En-suite. Detail of window.
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View of patio from east.
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North elevation. Main entrance. View from north west.
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Ground floor. Conservatory. Portrait of Ian Begg.
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Ground floor. Dining room. View from north west.
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Ground floor. Dining room. Detail of decoration above fireplace.
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Ground floor. Dining room. View of niche from south east.
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Ground floor. Main stair. Detail showing stair construction.
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Ground floor. Main stair. Detail of mirror and crest.
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First floor. The great hall. View of floor from south east.
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DP 236301
First floor. WC. View from south west, including A&U cover featuring Ravens' Craig.
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First floor. The great hall. Detail of north west corner from east.
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First floor. North stair. View from south.
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First floor. North stair. View from south west.
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Second floor. Hallway. View from north east.
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Second floor. Master bedroom. View from north.
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Third floor. View from balcony looking north.
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Third floor. Detail of staircase.
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DP 236359
Ground floor. Hallway. View of stair from west.
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Ground floor. Dining room . View from north west.
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Ground floor. Conservatory. View from south east.
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First floor. The great hall. Portrait of Ian Begg with model of planetarium.
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First floor. The great hall. View of ceiling.
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First floor. The great hall. Detail of initals on ceiling.
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- Council Highland
- Parish Lochalsh
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Ravens' Craig, Ian Begg, 1987-9 Modern tower house on the steeply wooded Crags above Duncraig, built as the architect's own home. Firmly rooted in the time-honoured traditions of its genre, it is nonetheless unashamedly a late 20th century building, with concrete walls, underfloor heating and a lift shaft. Inside, the form is immensely sculptural, as if the spaces have been modelled from a solid block. A central core of principal rooms rises three storeys to support the roof, a circular stair in the northern tower ascending anti-clockwise to the great hall on the first floor. From here, the bedrooms above are reached by a spiral staircase in the angle turret over the entrance. Deep cavities between the inner and outer walls are utilised, in a manner borrowed from ancient brochs, for a stair, w.c., and other small, interconnecting chambers, creating further spatial patterns. With its emphasis on the vertical, and its highly textural use of natural materials, Ravens' Craig evokes the robust, weatherproof form of medieval lairds' houses. But, as if to allay any impression of earnest historicism, it incorporates some delightful idiosyncracies, such as a projecting Italianate loggia.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk

