Newhall House

James Smith, Inverness, 1805, incorporating later 18th

century house.

Classical ashlar front, cherry-pointed pale and red sandstone

flanks incorporating earlier masonry. 2 storeys and basement,

5-bay front with advanced and pedimented centre bay with

entrance fronted by tetrastyle Doric portico approached by

flight of steps. Cornice ground floor windows, all front

fenestration with moulded surrounds and linked by string

courses. 12-pane glazing. Bracketted cornice; rusticated

angle quoins. Piended slate roof with centre chimney stacks.

INTERIOR: entrance hall with columned screen leading to

stairwell; 1805 drawing room with decorative plaster ceiling

cornice and marble chimney-piece. Morning room and dining

room all with 1805 decoration, in dining room covered with

later graining.

Good later 18th century rear staircases probably main stair

of earlier house.