East Steading Range, Fassfern House

The East Steading Range at Fassfern House comprises an early to mid-18th century core with significant 19th-century additions and alterations. It is a two-storey, south-facing range divided into three sections of three bays each, with a projecting rear wing. The central two-storey, three-bay portion is the oldest part of the range, exhibiting a symmetrical front elevation. The original central doorway has been blocked and replaced with a window, with small rear windows, two on each floor. A slightly higher two-storey range is located to the west (left), also with a rear wing. A single-storey and attic portion extends to the east (right). The windows are mostly 12-pane sashes, and the roof is slate-covered, with renewed stacks. The exterior walls are of rubble construction, and some areas are harled. Behind the house are two long, single-storey steading ranges set at right angles to each other. A rubble-walled garden is located behind the house. Fassifern (previously spelled Fassifern) is noted as having been a one-night stop for Prince Charles Edward Stuart during the 1745 Jacobite rising.

References: Groome's ORDNANCE GAZETTEER OF SCOTLAND, iii (1883), p.11; Donald MacCulloch, ROMANTIC LOCHABER (1939) pp.190-2.