Altyre House

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Altyre House

Altyre House , formerly Blair's House , was a mansion near the Scottish town of Forres in the Moray Council Area . After the building was demolished, the name was carried over to the former rectory on the property that still exists today . This was included in the Scottish List of Monuments in 1989 in Category B.

history

The lands of Altyre belonged to the line of the Comyns , which provided the Lords of Badenoch . The place was historically also the jurisdiction, of which the Gallow Hill ("Gallows Hill ") testifies. The last mansion on the site was built in 1818 to a design by Scottish architect James McBride . Extensions were made in the 1890s, possibly planned by John Kinross . Further construction phases took place around 1900 and 1933. In 1962 Altyre House was demolished.

Today's Altyre House was built in 1895 to a design by William Laidlaw Carruthers . It initially served as the parsonage of the nearby Altyre Old Parish Church . In 1931 it was expanded. In the same year the ruling family gave up their seat.

There is a listed cross plate on the property .

description

Altyre House is in the middle of a large estate about two miles south of Forres near the Loch of Blairs . The Findhorn runs to the west . The facades of the two-storey building are plastered with Harl , with natural stone surrounds. The elongated building has several cross gables . Its facades are constructed asymmetrically. The set-back entrance is on the east gable side. Several of the lattice windows are simply crowned . The final gable roofs with eaves chimneys are covered with slate .

The old mansion was designed in the historicizing Italianate style .

Outbuildings

Among the outer buildings there are 17 buildings that are separately listed. Of these, the former stables, Blair's Home Farm and the Foresters' Cottages are classified as monuments of the highest category A.

The former stables are southeast of Altyre House across the Altyre Burns . They were built in 1902 based on a design by John Kinross. Four elongated, two-story buildings surround an inner courtyard. Their masonry consists of quarry stone with natural stone surrounds. An arched doorway on the west side leads to the inner courtyard.

Blair's Home Farm

Former farm Blair's Home Farm is located northeast of the mansion. The Italianate-style building complex may have been designed by Archibald Simpson . The four-story tower, which is reminiscent of a campanile, is striking . The Tower Cottages are isolated on the right .

The Foresters' Cottages are a row of six two-story buildings. Each of the buildings erected in 1900 based on a Kinross design is two axes wide. Your masonry is made of quarry stone.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ^ A b Altyre in: FH Groome (ed.): Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical , Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh, 1882–1885.
  3. ↑ Entry on scottisharchitects.org.uk
  4. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  5. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  6. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  7. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .

Web links

Commons : Altyre  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 57 ° 34'27.7 "  N , 3 ° 37'39.1"  W.