Kella's House
Kellas House is a villa in the Scottish hamlet of Kellas in the Council Area Moray . In 1989 the structure was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.
history
The influential Scottish Arts and Crafts architect Francis William Deas provided the design for Kellas House . The builder was his cousin George Christie , who had the villa built on a bare piece of land above the Lossie . The completion of the building, which began in 1913, dragged on until the end of the First World War . The construction was probably not completed until 1921. Christie's descendants still live in Kellas House to this day. They also maintain the gardens that George Christie had laid out.
description
Kellas House is isolated on the western edge of the small scattered settlement of Kellas on the left bank of the Lossie. The asymmetrically constructed, two-storey villa has a roughly L-shaped floor plan. It is designed in the Arts and Crafts style. Their facades are plastered with Harl , with natural stone details set off. The main portal on the north-facing main facade is designed with a canopy, round-arched and with a keystone . In addition, a rounded stair tower emerges from the interior corner of the building. Round windows on the upper floor are decorated with foliage and rose motifs. An economic wing continues on the left.
On the garden side, segment-arched windows are embedded. A winter garden with carved woods closes with the wooden balustrade of the balcony on the upper floor. On the left, a beveled opening emerges from the facade. On the east facade there is another round stair tower. The roofs are covered with slate from Caithness .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
Web links
- Entry on Kellas House in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 57 ° 34 ′ 3.9 " N , 3 ° 23 ′ 45.8" W.