Description

Dated 1767. Tall 2-storey and attic house, (raised probably
circa 1816) 5 bays with centre door in main SE elevation;
early 19th century 2-storey, 3-bay wing to rear raised and
extended circa 1960; all harled with ashlar margins to
doorways. Centre door in SE front with chamfered jambs
and datestone above; 5 late 19th century piended dormers
rise through wallhead. Doorway in NE elevation: 3 ground
floor, 4 1st floor windows; 3 piended dormers, also late
19th century; 12-pane glazing throughout. Corniced end
and ridge stacks; slate roofs.
Interior; remoulded circa 1816, wide stair inserted,
simple but good acanthus cornice details in main rooms
also reeded door architraves and beaded shutters. Peat-
grates in engaged column and corniced 19th century
chimneypieces.

Statement of Interest

Estate of Dundonnell inherited in 1816 by Kenneth Mackenzie

who built and stocked walled garden, "improved his mansion

house", built "hundreds of yards of stone dikes ..... and

in every way beautified and adorned his romantic little

strath". Mackenzie died (before 1835) aged 21, and the estate

was sold to clear his debts. Datestone of 1767 bears

Mackenzie stag. Front garden separated from road by drystone

wall with traditional sheep fencing running through raised

and pierced coping slabs.

Grouped at A because an unusually complete example of a

laird's house in the west of the Highlands. Considerable

local historical interest.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17827750

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)