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Skeabost House Hotel, Skye

A Category C Listed Building in Eilean á Chèo, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.4546 / 57°27'16"N

Longitude: -6.3145 / 6°18'52"W

OS Eastings: 141302

OS Northings: 848694

OS Grid: NG413486

Mapcode National: GBR B9S0.QH0

Mapcode Global: WGY6N.ZW8M

Plus Code: 9C9MFM3P+R6

Entry Name: Skeabost House Hotel, Skye

Listing Name: Skeabost House Hotel

Listing Date: 8 September 1982

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 347216

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB13971

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Skeabost House
Skeabost House Hotel, Skeabost, Portree
Skeabost House Hotel

ID on this website: 200347216

Location: Snizort

County: Highland

Electoral Ward: Eilean á Chèo

Parish: Snizort

Traditional County: Inverness-shire

Tagged with: Pub Country house hotel

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Description

Dated 1871. Probably earlier core; additions and alterations,

Alexander Ross, 1870/71. Large rambling mansion; white

painted render, tooled long and short dressings. L-plan, with asymmetrical principal south and west elevations. Central

square tower rises above main roof, corbelled crenellated 1st

stage with large glazed roofed cupola and diminutive cupola

cap. Hoodmoulded bipartites, 1st floor south elevation,

crenellated wallhead parapet to south range with gabled

dormers; gabletted dormers to west range; end and ridge

stacks; slate roof.

Cast-iron sun room in SW re-entrant angle. Later single

storey addition to east.

Interior: panelling, doorpieces and imposing staircase all of

1870's date.

Statement of Interest

Dated 1871 and initialled L McD W McK.

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