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Skye, Lyndale House
House (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Skye, Lyndale House
Classification House (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Lianadal; Lynedale
Canmore ID 99341
Site Number NG35SE 31
NGR NG 36745 54885
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/99341
- Council Highland
- Parish Snizort
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
Lynedale (Lianadal -dale of flax), c.1740; and later; restored by Ian Begg, 1997 The original two-storey, four-bay house with lower flanking wings (the nepus gable is a later alteration) was a Macleod tacksman's house, later of the Macdonalds of Sleat. Within the right hand wing are suggestions of an earlier structure, supporting documentary evidence that there had long been a house at Lynedale. Restoration (involving removal of the 1870s drawing/dining room wing) has returned the house to its 18th-century form. Ancillary structures include: rubbly steading court; secretive walled garden and shy, teacaddy gatelodge of c.1840, its boat-like roof staked down by a massive central stack.
[Lynedale was a MacLeod tack until 1781, after which it was acquired by the Macdonalds of Sleat. In 1900 it was bought, re-roofed and generally resucitated after a period of decline by the 2nd Lord Napier of Magdala, who in 1885 had married Eva, daughter of Lord Macdonald. It remained with his descendants until 19??.]
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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