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Western North Lodge, Dunrobin Castle

A Category B Listed Building in Golspie, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.9854 / 57°59'7"N

Longitude: -3.9477 / 3°56'51"W

OS Eastings: 284928

OS Northings: 901229

OS Grid: NC849012

Mapcode National: GBR J7MM.8DR

Mapcode Global: WH4D3.BKC6

Plus Code: 9C9RX3P2+4W

Entry Name: Western North Lodge, Dunrobin Castle

Listing Name: Dunrobin Castle North Entrance, Stables, Carriage House and Lodges

Listing Date: 18 March 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 338836

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB7052

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Dunrobin Castle, Western North Lodge

ID on this website: 200338836

Location: Golspie

County: Highland

Electoral Ward: East Sutherland and Edderton

Parish: Golspie

Traditional County: Sutherland

Tagged with: Gatehouse

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Description

Stables and carriage house; later 18th century paired
stables and carriage house, flanking north entrance;
each single storey and attic, L-plan with single storey
and attic, L-plan with single storey bowed bay facing
drive, with centre window and bowed slate roof. All
cherry-pointed ashlar, with polished ashlar dressings.
West block, 3-bay dwelling with 3 round headed dormers
rising through wallhead, and advanced carriage house wing
with 2 tall round-headed carriage house entrances with
round-headed centre dormer. Similar east block contains
3-bay stable wing with centre door, and advanced wing
with paired outer doors and central window; dormers
detailed as before.
12-pane glazing; some round-headed windows with
intersecting astragals; long/short angle detailing; eaves
bands; corniced ridge stacks; lead roofs to dormers;
elsewhere slate roofs.
Pair mirrored early 19th century square, 2-storey, single
bay tower entrance lodges; harl pointed rubble, ashlar
dressings. Corniced and crenellated wallheads; entrances
facing driveway; hoodmoulded windows in ground and 1st
floor in north and south elevations; 8-pane sashes;
single wallhead stack to each.

Statement of Interest

Later square lodges block outlook of stable/carriage

house bowed bays, which must have formerly served as

lodges.

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