Historic houses · Scottish Highlands
Glencoe House
Glencoe House — building in Highland, Scotland, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Glencoe House is a historic house in the United Kingdom — typically a country seat, manor, or town house with notable architecture or history. Records date its origin to 1896. Heritage designation: category B listed building. Wikidata describes it as: "building in Highland, Scotland, UK". Coordinates: 56.6871°, -5.0998°.
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From the Wikipedia article
Glencoe House is a category B listed four-storey Victorian estate house in Glencoe, Lochaber, Highland, Scotland.
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Background
History
Designed by Rowand Anderson, the house was built in 1895 by Lord Strathcona for his wife, Isabella. It became a military hospital during the Second World War and, after the war, served as a maternity hospital until the 1960s when it became a hospital for geriatric patients; it then closed in 2009. The property was put up for sale after local people failed to raise the £450,000 necessary to buy it under the Land Reform Act, having been given only five months to raise the £1.5M necessary to buy and restore the building. Unknown to the South Lochaber Community Company the Big Lottery Fund proceeds were being diverted to the London Olympics and the funding request was denied. It was sold in…
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- Coordinates
- 56.6871, -5.0998
- District
- Highland
- Postcode
- PH49 4HT
- Parliamentary constituency
- Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
- Established
- 1896
Sources
- wikidata: Q5568263 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Glencoe House (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Glencoe House, 1905.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Glencoe House?
- Glencoe House is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode PH49 4HT).
- When was Glencoe House built?
- Built or established in 1896.
- Is Glencoe House a listed building?
- Glencoe House is officially recognised as category B listed building listed.
- How do I get to Glencoe House?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode PH49 4HT. It sits within the Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber parliamentary constituency.