Tarbat House

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Tarbat House is a country house about 500 meters from the village of Milton in the Scottish county of Ross-shire , now part of the Highland County . The three-story neo-classical style house was built in 1787 by Edinburgh architect James McLeran for John Mackenzie, Lord MacLeod , and Historic Scotland has listed it as a Category A Historic Building.

history

George Mackenzie's country house that previously replaced the current house
Tarbat House in an illustration from 1876

The current Tarbat House was built in place of an earlier country house built for George Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Cromartie in the late 17th century, in place of the demolished Milntown Castle . When George Mackenzie bought the Milntown property in 1656, he had renamed it New Tarbat , after the original family seat of Tarbat Castle near Portmahomack . Some of the remains of George Mackenzie's country house were integrated into the new country house.

Lord MacLeod had thousands of new forest and fir trees planted on the property at the same time as the construction of the new country house. Some finishing work on the new house was still unfinished when the Lord died in 1789 after years of serious illness. The remainder of the work was completed according to his plans under the direction of his cousin and successor, Kenneth Mackenzie .

Sir George Steuart MacKenzie described the house in 1810 as follows:

“Tarbat House is very simple on the outside. There are some nice rooms inside. A large part of the available space was used by the architect to indulge in large rooms and a spacious staircase. These are very pleasant in the summer months, but are hardly suitable for long and dreary winters. The rooms are elegantly proportioned and the windows of the main rooms have a good view of Cromarty ”

Tarbat House remained in the family until the death of Sibell Lilian MacKenzie in 1962. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland listed the property on the Buildings-at-Risk register in 1963 and Historic Scotland listed it as a Category A Historic Building.

A fire in 1987 badly damaged the house and destroyed the entire roof. The east wing has since been restored, but the rest of the house is in a dilapidated state. Since 2014, Tarbat House and the reduced property have been in private hands again.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ The former Tarbat Castle is now called Ballone Castle .
  3. ^ William Fraser: The Earls of Cromartie: Their kindred, country, and correspondence . S. CCLVII-VVLVIII. MDCCCLXXVI. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  4. ^ George Steuart MacKenzie: 'A General View of the Agriculture of the Counties of Ross and Cromarty . Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement. P. 70, 1810. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  5. ^ Tarbat House . In: Canmore . Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Scotland. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  6. ^ Tarbat House . Am Baile Highland History and Culture. Retrieved February 5, 2018. Type “Tarbat House”.

literature

  • Elizabeth Beaton: Ross & Cromarty: An Illustrated Architectural Guide . Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, 1992.

Web links

Commons : Tarbat House  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 57 ° 30'47 "  N , 4 ° 4'2"  W.