Glengarry Lodge

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Glengarry Lodge

The Glengarry Lodge is a residential building in the Scottish city ​​of Stirling in the council area of the same name . In 1965 the building was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.

description

The building was erected during the 17th century. In 1959 a comprehensive restoration was carried out, in the course of which the Glengarry Lodge was also expanded. It stands between Spittal Street and Baker Street a short distance southeast of the Church of the Holy Rude and Stirling Castle . Opposite is the Stirling Highland Hotel .

Built into a slope, the Glengarry Lodge is three-story along Spittal Street and four-story along Baker Street. On the main facade along Spittal Street there is a stair tower with simple pointed arch windows and a semicircular conical roof . Sliding roof hatches emerge from the roof . The gable ends are designed as a simple stepped gable .

The extension added in 1959 emerges on the right of the facade along Baker Street. There are two arched windows at ground level and a triple window in the gable . The old part of the building is simply designed with largely irregular window arrangements and saddle roof windows.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .

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Coordinates: 56 ° 7 ′ 11.5 ″  N , 3 ° 56 ′ 30 ″  W.