Teaninich Castle
Teaninich Castle is a country house north of the village of Evanton and south of Alness in the Scottish county of Ross-shire , now part of the Highland administrative division .
history
It is not known exactly when the country house was built, but it is assumed that it dates from at least the 16th century. At that time the site was called Fyrish . In 1589 bought Hugh Munro, 1st of Teaninich , son of John Munro, 3rd of Coul , whose grandfather Hugh Munro, 1st of Cowl , son of George Munro, 10th Baron of Foulis († 1542) was from Clan Keith from Delny the lower part of the Fyrish lands . These lands were initially only the lower quarter of Fyrish but later extended east to the Alness River . Teaninich Castle bought the Munros in February 1660, for which you can find the receipt today in the Teaninich Charter Chest .
Two worn lintels in the back of the country house bear the dates 1734 and 1770 and thus point to an earlier building. Hugh Munro of Teaninich of the 78th Highlander Regiment, who lost his sight in Nijmegen in the Netherlands , had parts of the old Teaninich Castle demolished in 1794.
But later he occupied himself with the improvement of his fields and the new construction of Teaninich Castle. The “blind captain” or “blind laird”, as he was called, enthusiastically supervised the construction of today's Teaninich Castle, often measuring the rooms with steps himself. The asymmetry of the rooms is proof of his “enthusiasm”.
He also founded the Teaninich whiskey distillery on the premises in 1817 and planned the village of Alness at a time when illegally distilled whiskey was the best yield for Ross-shire barley . In 1831 Hugh sold Munro to his brother, General John Munro, 9th of Teaninich , and lived the rest of his life in the Coul Cottage , the widow's house of Teaninich Castle. He died in 1846. The property remained in the family's hands until 1923. Even after World War I , when an American, Charles Harrison , the man who formed the basis for Frances Hodgson Burnett's book Little Lord Fauntleroy , bought the property, it remained the seat of the Munros. Harrison was best remembered for his big American car.
Today Teaninich Castle is a hotel. In 2007, 40,000 m² of paddocks were sold directly behind the house, on which a property developer is currently building 36 houses. Further construction work is expected, for which the existing forest in the rear part of the property and on the northeastern border to the house and garden will be used. This will allow the already very extensive settlement to grow closer to the country house.
In August 2013 the property went up for sale for £ 875,000. In 2016 the property was up for sale again, this time for £ 450,000.
Individual evidence
- ^ RW Munro: Mapping the Clan Munro . Clan Munro Association, 1987.
- ^ Alness - the Olden Days . Archived from the original on October 11, 2012. Retrieved on February 5, 2018.
- ^ Highland castle and estate put on the market for £ 450,000 . STV News. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
Web links
Listed Building Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
Coordinates: 57 ° 41 '22.6 " N , 4 ° 15' 53.1" W.