Description

1925-27 incorporating 1868 2-storey bow-fronted house; now a
hotel. All harled with ashlar margins and rusticated quoins;
small-paned sash windows throughout. Used for a time as
seminary with 1965 large W wing by Sutherland Dickie and
Copeland built of exposed brickwork. Original house
rectangular plan, 3-bay S elevation with central door and
shallow outer bows; circa 1925 piended full-width outer bays
added and T-plan wing to NE. E main entrance elevation with
near centre shallow bow breaking through eaves, pedimented
doorway alongside, series of flat-roofed dormers; single
dormer central at S with stacks symmetrically arranged, inner
2 transversely set below ridge; stacks all corniced; slated
roofs.
Interior: mostly 1925-7; extensive good quality timber
panelling, chimneypieces and main stair; good cornice
plasterwork. Modern wing with chapel and gymnasium.

Statement of Interest

Formerly Morison House; opened as a hotel 1985.

Dates from former occupants (1970); plans of 1965 wing held

by present owner. Peddie and Kinnear drawings index in NMRS

includes design for Hetland.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17792429

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Recommended Books

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings