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Invergordon Mains

A Category B Listed Building in Cromarty Firth, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.6964 / 57°41'46"N

Longitude: -4.175 / 4°10'29"W

OS Eastings: 270461

OS Northings: 869475

OS Grid: NH704694

Mapcode National: GBR J82C.SDK

Mapcode Global: WH4FB.VT37

Plus Code: 9C9QMRWG+H2

Entry Name: Invergordon Mains

Listing Name: Invergordon Mains

Listing Date: 25 March 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 348550

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB15039

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200348550

Location: Rosskeen

County: Highland

Electoral Ward: Cromarty Firth

Parish: Rosskeen

Traditional County: Ross-shire

Tagged with: Farmhouse Farmstead

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Description

Dated 1810. Large farm square with main north facing 2-storey,
7-bay facade with tall centre round-headed, keystoned
entrance under gabled entrance tower. Coursed rubble, tooled
ashlar dressings. Central arch has string course at impost level
and again above arch; blind Venetian window in 1st floor;
eaves band and moulded cornice to pediment above, with blind
occulus in centre.
Wide flanking piended wings, each with 3 widely spaced square
wallhead vents; 3 modern wide entrances slapped. West arm of
square filled by 2 storey and attic 3-bay house, with later
enlarged bipartites in ground floor and centre door masked by
modern glazed sun parlour; 2 modern box dormers. Single storey,
3-bay wing to north gable, and single storey and attic,
3-bay wing to south. Some 12-pane glazing survives. 8 arcaded
cart bays in east wing, some blocked, and wing much altered.
Interior of square gutted for modern agricultural use.
Mainly slated roofs.

Statement of Interest

Dated 1810 and initialled P B AE M L for Macleods of Cadboll,

who had taken over Invergordon as their seat from Sir John

Gordon by 1792.

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