Success Stories and Buildings at Risk
SUCCESS STORIES:
BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN RESCUED:
LYNEDALE HOUSE, ISLE OF SKYE (B-listed)
Before After
Hebridean laird’s house with eighteenth century core, originally a Macleod property which became the home of Lord Napier of Magdala in the late C19. Vacated in 1974, it fell into decay and languished for many years at the end of a windswept drive in a stunning location overlooking Loch Snizort and the Ascrib Isles. In the mid-nineties the house was bought from the farmer who had owned it for the past few decades by restoring purchasers. They removed later extensions and restored it to its original appearance, with the help of the architect Ian Begg. It is now, once again, a much-loved family home.
TEALING HOUSE, KIRKTON OF TEALING, NEAR DUNDEE (B-listed)
Before After
A pedimented eighteenth century classical mansion with the seventeenth century core of a fortified house, and a west wing and porch of 1827-9 by William Burn, Tealing House was vacated in 1982 when it was in need of substantial repairs. It then suffered theft and deterioration and, beset with problems, took some time to sell. Reduced in size with the demolition of its east wing, it eventually sold to a restoring purchaser in the mid-nineties and a rescue scheme has now been successfully completed.
BUILDINGS AT RISK:
FORMER SHANDON HOUSE (ST. ANDREW’S SCHOOL), SHANDON, DUNBARTONSHIRE (B-listed)
Rambling Scots baronial mansion with Jacobethan detailing by Charles Wilson, built for William Jamieson in 1849 to replace an earlier house and set in about 31 acres of grounds overlooking Gare Loch. Now owned by the MOD, the property has lain empty and deteriorating for over a decade, its good quality fittings and plaster work decaying, its setting compromised by the depressing remains of derelict structures associated with its last use as a "list D" remand home. The MOD’s plans to use the building and its grounds did not materialise and they are now keen to dispose of it (offers invited). Contact: Rydens, 46 Castle Street, Edinburgh EH2 3BN (0131 225 6612 - Roy Durie).
THE STABLES, PITFOUR, NEAR MINTLAW, ABERDEENSHIRE (B-listed)
Dilapidated but still imposing U-plan stable block straddling the skyline, built 1820 by John Smith (architect of Pitfour House, demolished 1926). Its centrepiece is a handsome pedimented carriage arch topped by a wooden Doric cupola, its domed copper roof capped with a finial; incorporated is a long-disused 2-storey house. There are additions to the rear and the former riding school is much altered; some crude alterations have been made in association with agricultural use. The owner has confirmed that he would be willing to sell the building along with 2 acres (more ground might be available), and that he is open to offers. There is electricity and water available nearby. Contact: Alan Watson, Taitswell, Mintlaw (01771 623560).