Tomintoul House, Cruachy

William Robertson, Architect, Elgin, 1841. Symmetrical 2-

storey house with wide 3-bay NE gabled entrance front,

symmetrical return gables and 2-storey, 2-bay rear wing.

Mid 20th century small addition in S re-entrant angle. All

harled with tooled ashlar margins. Centre door masked by

projecting gabled porch with 1861 datestone above shallow

segmental headed entrance with double leaf panelled door.

Outer bays with 2-storey window projection; tripartites in

ground floor, bipartites in 1st floor, the centre under

small stilted gablet. Pair similar bipartites in ground floor

north elevation of rear wing, with 1st floor windows under

similar gablets. Thick centre wooden mullions to all 2- and

3-light windows; similar detailing to all single windows.

Lying-pane glazing, margined in all larger windows. Paired

tapering and corncied ashlar stacks set diagonally on

facetted rectangular bases; similar single centre ridge

stack. Shallow pitched slate roof with projecting eaves;

plain bargeboards with pronounced blocked joist detailing;

wooden ridge finials to gables. Interior; curved centre rear

stair with simple cast-iron balusters. Plain ceiling moulded

cornices in ground floor public rooms.