Stirkoke House
Country House (19th Century)
Site Name Stirkoke House
Classification Country House (19th Century)
Canmore ID 9248
Site Number ND35SW 18
NGR ND 31799 50626
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/9248
- Council Highland
- Parish Wick
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND35SW 18.00 ND 31799 50626.
ND35SW 18.01 ND 31768 50630
REFERENCE
Shambellie House, Kirkcudbright. (Charles Stewart). Shambellie Papers
with information about building of Stirkoke. 1860
NMRS REFERENCE
David Bryce 1860
Large Baronial mansion, possibly incorporating portions of earlier house. Coursed grey rubble, contrasting tooled ashlar dressings. 2 storeys
and attic over raised basement, asymmetrical and gabled with main entrance in raised basement in NE elevation, and SW garden front entrance up flight of steps leading to door in raised ground floor. Moulded doorpiece with monogram above and studded door in NE projecting gabled bay, defined by stepped string course continuing across NE front above raised basement.
Credited to David Bryce on evidence of style. House empty and deteriorating. Stirkoke the home of the Horne family. (Historic Scotland)
Stirkoke was the home of Lord Henry Horne who was made a peer in 1919 after his distinguished service in World War I. He commanded the Second Division in 1915, the First Army in 1916 and the Fifteenth Corps in 1917, the year in which he was made General. He is sometimes described as the brains behind the Battle of the Somme and directed the operation that captured Vimy Ridge. He also led the Army at the recapture of Mons. His advice led to the evacuation of Gallipoli. Horne died in 1929 whilst out grouse shooting at Stirkoke. (Ref. Aberdeen Press and Journal, 4 August 1993)
