Description

Possibly John Urquhart, Architect and builder, Forres. Circa 1840, E facing 2-storey, symmetrically fronted 3-bay house with single storey service wing set back at centre of S gable. Harl pointed rubble, tooled and polished ashlar dressings. Centre entrance masked by modern glazed porch; flanking aproned windows set in wide simplified Egyptian style surrounds; similar treatment to shorter 1st floor windows with blocked cills linked by continuous cill-band. Regular 2-bay fenestration in S gable; 4-pane glazing. Shallow piended slate roof with paired coped diamond flues set diagonally on rectangular bases.

Statement of Interest

Balnageith was the property in 18th and 19th centuries of

the Lelslie family of Balnageith, the last owner being

The Rev William Leslie, Minister of St Andrews, Lhanbryde

1783-1839, author of the GENERAL VIEW OF AGRICULTURE FOR

THE COUNTIES OF NAIRN AND MORAY (1813). Farm steading not

included in listing.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Balnageith Farmhouse at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q3633484

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Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)