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Glen Affaric Lodge

A Category A Listed Building in Aird and Loch Ness, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.2608 / 57°15'38"N

Longitude: -5.0124 / 5°0'44"W

OS Eastings: 218412

OS Northings: 822919

OS Grid: NH184229

Mapcode National: GBR G90J.DT3

Mapcode Global: WH1CN.ZR9P

Plus Code: 9C9P7X6Q+82

Entry Name: Glen Affaric Lodge

Listing Name: Glen Affric Lodge.

Listing Date: 5 October 1971

Category: A

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 338921

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB7121

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200338921

Location: Kilmorack

County: Highland

Electoral Ward: Aird and Loch Ness

Parish: Kilmorack

Traditional County: Inverness-shire

Tagged with: Lodge

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Description

A & W Reid, Elgin 1871. 2-storey asymmetrical gabled shooting
lodge with Scottish Baronial detailing. Grey granite with
tooled granite dressings. Entrance on north elevation in
square porch with side entrance rising 2 storeys and
terminating as steeply pitched slated pyramidal roof with
cast-iron apex weather-vane.
Long south elevation: off-centre round-headed recessed porch
flanked by ground floor canted bay windows; similar windows
in 2-bay gabled west return elevation. Round drum towr rises
full height at SE angle and pair angle bartizans corbelled
out at 1st floor SE and NW angles, all with bellcast conical
fish-scale slated roofs. Some 1st floor windows break eaves
under piended dormers; 2-pane glazing; all original cast-iron
rainwater goods including decorative brackets to rhones;
tall coped ridge stacks; slate roofs. Interior; original pine
panelled dados entrance hall, passages, stairwell, drawing
and dining rooms. Pine newel to stairs with slender barley
sugar cast-iron balusters; chimney piece in dining room with
turn wooden overmantel, mirror and fitted with decorative
blue and white tiles depicting various sporting activities
connected with Scottish shooting estates.

Statement of Interest

Named Glen Affaric Lodge in 1871. Built for Lord Tweedmouth

of Guisachan. Commanding site on small spit of land projecting

into east extremity of Loch Affric.

Up-graded B to A January 1992

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