New Kelso is a Grade A listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 March 1971.
New Kelso
- WRENN ID
- fading-hammer-wagtail
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1971
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
New Kelso is a large house, built circa 1755 and altered in the late 19th century. It is a 17-bay range, originally of varying dates, with an attic and two storeys, all harled in appearance. The central five bays are paired, each featuring a central entrance door, three piended dormers, and end and ridge stacks. The west block has late 19th-century projecting bay windows flanking the centre door, with a linking roof forming a porch. A late 19th-century, two-storey, three-bay service wing is present at the west gable, with three piended dormers rising through the wallhead; projecting stairwells are located at the rear of all three portions of the building.
At the east gable is a low, two-storey, irregular four-bay block that appears to incorporate an 18th-century three-bay house. This earlier section has small windows and a former central door, now incorporated as a window. A first-floor doorway, with heavily checked jambs, is located in the east gable, and is accessed by a forestair; it has a piended roof. The windows are mainly 12-pane sash windows, with ridge and end stacks, and slate roofs.
The interior of the right section features raised and fielded panelling to the dado, along with doors and shutters. A basket arched chimney piece is also present.
New Kelso was one of three linen factories established by the Board of Trustees of forfeited estates in the Highlands, alongside Glenmoriston and Lochbroom. The venture was not commercially successful and was converted to domestic use later in the 18th century. A visitor's account from 1810 described the house as "exceedingly comfortable". Historically, the house was once the site of an annual cattle fair held on the first Monday in June, although this tradition had ceased by the mid-19th century. It is listed Grade A for its historical importance.
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