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Latitude: 57.4372 / 57°26'13"N
Longitude: -4.5676 / 4°34'3"W
OS Eastings: 245973
OS Northings: 841451
OS Grid: NH459414
Mapcode National: GBR H932.0J4
Mapcode Global: WH3FC.TB4F
Plus Code: 9C9QCCPJ+VX
Entry Name: Aigas House
Listing Name: Aigas House
Listing Date: 17 April 1986
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 338927
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB7125
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200338927
Location: Kilmorack
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Aird and Loch Ness
Parish: Kilmorack
Traditional County: Inverness-shire
Tagged with: House
Matthews and Lawrie, dated 1877. Large Scottish Baronial mansion fronting and partially encasing early 19th century house. Tooled red rubble with contrasting tooled sandstone ashlar dressings. Long rectangular plan, tall 2-storey and attic main range fronts 19th century house with square 4-storey tower at E gable and elaborately detailed attic storey. Round-arched entrance at base of tower with moulded jambs and ballflower decoration; stair turret corbelled above 1st floor, gabletted window in top stage and slender conical roof; oriel window at 1st floor to left.
Symmetrical SE front with full height canted outer bays linked by bracketted balcony below central 1st floor windows. Corbelled wallhead and angle bartizans; strapwork heads to attic gable windows, decorative and finialled dormer-heads: 2-pane plate glass glazing: crowstepped gables: ornamental finials; tall coped stacks with octagonal flues: slate roofs. Stairwell projects to rear with tall 3-light window.
Various rear service ranges
Earlier house has 1877 corbelled wall head and other Baronial detailing added in 1877. Interior: principal entrance leads through entrance hall to large stair hall rising 2 storeys, with imperial stair leading to balcony/corridor on 3 sides with turned wooden balusters to balustrade and supported by brackets with pendant newels; moulded door jams; panelled doors; drawing room at SW (ground floor) with carved marble chimneypiece.
Property enlarged for Mr J G Oswald, a Glasgow shipping magnate. The former estate village of Crask of Aigas, which is situated to the north of Aigas House, contained amongst other buildings, a blacksmiths, post office and laundry. Estate features such as rustic porches and decorative scroll bargeboards have been retained at Crask of Aigas (Smithy and Druim Cottages, see separate Listings). The decorative bargeboarding was also employed at Aigas Mains.
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