Gate Piers, Ben Wyvis Hotel, Strathpeffer

The Ben Wyvis Hotel, along with its gate piers, was constructed in 1879, with later additions in 1884 and 1900-1901. It is a large, purpose-built hotel of three storeys and an attic, with an asymmetrical nine-bay north-west entrance front. The hotel is built of coursed grey rubble with contrasting tooled ashlar dressings. A wide, projecting arched porte-cochère features a decorative cast-iron balustrade, within which a glazed porch has been inserted to the right of the main building. A projecting wing, likely added between 1900 and 1901, extends to the north-east, with a three-storey canted end featuring bipartites on the ground and first floors, and gabled dormer heads to the second-floor windows. The windows are generally fitted with two-pane glazing, and there are piended dormers. End and ridge stacks are topped with a series of tall chimney cans. The roofs are covered in slate and project.

The gate piers are a pair of square, rusticated ashlar piers, each topped with square caps featuring small crenellated detailing. The gate piers are flanked by low coped quadrants with decorative cast-iron railings. W.C. Joass is believed to have been the architect for the main building, with a tender notice from 1873 referencing a large hotel development.