Invererne House
Invererne House is a manor house near the Scottish town of Forres in the Council Area Moray . In 1971 the building was included in the Scottish monument lists, initially in category B. The upgrade to the highest monument category A took place in 1989.
history
The property, which at that time was still called Tannachy , was owned by the Tulloch family from the 16th century until the 18th century . At the location there was a mansion that was not described in detail. In 1772 the property was to the US in the colony Maryland living Alexander Urquhart sold. In 1817 General William Grant acquired Tannachy. He had today's manor house built around 1818. After Grant's death in 1832, the property was sold to Peter Grant . Two years later the property was given its current name. Today the building is used as an artist residence.
description
Invererne House is isolated a few hundred meters north of Forres and a short distance south of the mouth of the Findhorn in the Moray Firth . The south-east facing main facade of the two-storey building is five axes wide. On the central axis, paired colossal Corinthian pilasters carry a broken triangular gable with ox-eye in the tympanum . The Venetian window below is pilastrated analogous to the central axis and breaks through the gable. A fanned outer staircase with a cast iron balustrade leads to the entrance portal. With its slender side windows, the pilasters and the semicircular combat window , which is designed as neo-Gothic tracery , the simply crowned portal takes up the motif of the Venetian window above. Twelve-part lattice windows with profiled bezels are embedded on the other axes and facades . The platform roof with its eaves chimneys is covered with slate .
Individual evidence
Web links
- Invererne House online presence
- Entry on Invererne House in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 57 ° 37'29 " N , 3 ° 37'18.1" W.