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Mountgerald

A Category B Listed Building in Cromarty Firth, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.621 / 57°37'15"N

Longitude: -4.3949 / 4°23'41"W

OS Eastings: 257060

OS Northings: 861530

OS Grid: NH570615

Mapcode National: GBR H8JL.1M8

Mapcode Global: WH3DH.GQF0

Plus Code: 9C9QJJC4+C2

Entry Name: Mountgerald

Listing Name: Mountgerald

Listing Date: 31 August 1983

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 339922

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB7919

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200339922

Location: Kiltearn

County: Highland

Electoral Ward: Cromarty Firth

Parish: Kiltearn

Traditional County: Ross-shire

Tagged with: Hamlet

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Description

Circa 1800. 2-storey and attic house over raised basement,
3 wide bays. Coursed pinned rubble front elevation and
flanks, harled rear, tooled ashlar margins. Painted polished
ashlar centre pilastered and corniced door piece framing
round-headed, keystoned doorway, approached by flight of
steps oversailing raised basement; flanked by full height 3-
windowed bowed bays with piended roofs. Symmetrical 3-bay
flanks (some windows blind); symmetrical wide 3-bay rear
with pedimented and slightly advanced centre bay and
long roundheaded centre stair window; tripartites in outer
bays of ground and 1st floors, the outer
lights of which are blind. 12-pane glazing in rear and side
elevations, later 2-pane in front windows. Band course
between raised basement and ground floor; cill band links all
1st floor windows; moulded eaves cornice, single piended
dormer each side gable; unfortunate small off centre modern
dormer in front elevation. Paired corniced ridge stacks;
piended slate roof.
Interior; original decorative plaster cornices; panelled
doors and moulded door cases; panelled chair rails in ground
floor rooms.

Statement of Interest

Present house, on earlier site, formerly called Clyne, a

Mackenzie estate linked with Findon across the Cromarty

Firth. Documentation concerning Mountgerald at least from

1714 in possession of owner.

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