Arisaig House

Philip Webb, 1864, rebuilt after fire, Orphoot, Whiting and

Lindsay, 1937; some minor interior alterations for conversion

to hotel, 1981-2. Large gabled, asymmetrical 2-storey and

attic house of austere Arts and Crafts character, the

re-build of 1937 retaining some of the features and the

general layout of the original house, but with additional

northern twin-gabled single storey service wing, re-built

stacks, multi-pane glazing and new interior fittings. All

dark grey sneck coursed rubble with tooled ashlar dressings;

tall stacks renewed in lighter grey sneck coursed masonry.

Deep U-plan NE entrance court with square 3-storey clock

tower with ribbed leaded bellcast roof in right (SW) angle;

off-centre entrance under shallow projecting gabled porch

with recessed door. Entrance flanked by differing

pointed-headed windows, the larger (left) lights stairwell.

Court flanked by wings of irregular roof heights,

terminating at left NE gable by paired gabled single storey

service wing (1937) with rounded angles. SW front; shallow

U-plan with projecting gabled wings linked by terrace; each

gable with ground floor projecting windows, to right shallow

rectangular bay with tripartite, and to left smaller canted

window with more pronounced projection. 2-storey, 3-sided

porch in SE re-entrant angle with pointed-headed relieving

arch, ribbed panelled door with long Arts and Crafts

hinges and with 1937 dated plaque above (see note).

SE elevation; mainly 2-storey and attic, with variety of

wallhead heights, over raised basement, on crown of slope

with terraced garden falling away below. Long asymmetrical

elevation, punctuated by slightly projecting near centre

gable, 1st floor canted oriel to right and long paired

windows to left.

Rear service court to north of irregular form, flanked at NE

by tall narrow gabled building sited against slope with bell

hung in SE gable; now adapted as independent service

accommodation with access to raised 1st floor by forestair.

Plain gabled dormers to all three main elevations, multi-pane

sash and casement windows; tall end, apex and wallhead

stepped stacks; steeply pitched slate roofs.

Interior: simple, spacious interior; entrance hall and inner

stair hall; dog-leg staircase with oak balustrade (1937) with

panels of "cut-out" motifs, mainly birds and flowers but

including a rabbit. Oak doors and door-cases, oak panelling,

1937 chimneypieces. Some alterations of 1st floor bedrooms

by insertion of additional bathrooms (1981-2). Garden walls;

extensive garden walls, steps and terracing, to SE and SW,

culminating in outer boundary wall enclosing vegetable

garden at SE. All walls of coursed rubble, with tooled ashlar

copes, some shaped, and all dating from 1864.