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Gate Lodge, Castle Leod

A Category B Listed Building in Fodderty, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.5936 / 57°35'36"N

Longitude: -4.5304 / 4°31'49"W

OS Eastings: 248855

OS Northings: 858773

OS Grid: NH488587

Mapcode National: GBR H85N.CKB

Mapcode Global: WH3DM.CDXJ

Plus Code: 9C9QHFV9+CR

Entry Name: Gate Lodge, Castle Leod

Listing Name: Castle Leod Gate Lodge, Gate Piers and Gates.

Listing Date: 25 March 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 339815

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB7827

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200339815

Location: Fodderty

County: Highland

Electoral Ward: Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh

Parish: Fodderty

Traditional County: Cromartyshire

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Description

Lodge; circa 1840. Single storey T-plan lodge with
symmetrical 3-bay east facade (facing entrance to Castle
Leod). Coursed rubble, ashlar dressings. Wide east front
with centre advanced gabled porch, hoodmoulded doorway with
Cromartie arms above; large finialled skewputts, and
similar apex finial; flanking tripartites; rectangular hood-
moulded bay window in south gable, again with Cromartie arms
above; all gable ends with exaggerated finialled skewputts,
and similar apex finials to porch. Unusual glazing of small
hexagonal panes, which mostly survives End stack to rear
wing; shallow pitched slate roof.
Gate piers and gates; pair plain square rusticated gate
piers with shallow ashlar pyramidal caps. Pair cast-iron
carriage gates with spearhead detailing.

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