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Blairs Bungalow, Blairs Home Farm, Altyre

A Category B Listed Building in Rafford, Moray

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.5771 / 57°34'37"N

Longitude: -3.6272 / 3°37'37"W

OS Eastings: 302787

OS Northings: 855277

OS Grid: NJ027552

Mapcode National: GBR K8DP.R65

Mapcode Global: WH5HB.8T07

Plus Code: 9C9RH9GF+R4

Entry Name: Blairs Bungalow, Blairs Home Farm, Altyre

Listing Name: Altyre, Blairs Home Farm, Grieve's Cottage (The Bungalow)

Listing Date: 25 April 1989

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 349245

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB15596

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200349245

Location: Rafford

County: Moray

Electoral Ward: Forres

Parish: Rafford

Traditional County: Morayshire

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Description

Circa 1895. Probably W L Carruthers, architect, Inverness. Single storey cruciform cottage with irregular 3-bay S facing frontage. Harled, contrasting tooled ashlar dressings. Entrance in outer bay at SW. Projecting canted windows front advanced centre gabled bay and set back SE bay; windows with deep ashlar base courses, mullioned gothic lights and Y-tracery glazing elsewhere. Coped centre ridge and single end stacks; slate roof with decorative red tile ridge and finials.

Modern single storey extension at rear.

Statement of Interest

W L Carruthers worked for Sir Alexander Gordon Cumming at

end of 19th century. Grieve's Cottage does not appear on 1st

ed. OS, circa 1870 but is on 2nd ed 1905. Cottage modelled on

East Lodge (former Wardend Lodge), Altyre.

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