Cradlehall House, Cradlehall

Cradlehall House is a mid-18th century house with later additions and alterations, forming an H-plan with a two-story central block and single-story flanking wings. The house is harled. A modern, continuous lean-to sun-parlour connects the outer wings and sits in front of the central entrance. First-floor windows in the central block were raised in the later 19th century and are now accommodated by piended dormers; a single original small first-floor window remains at the rear. The gabled outer wings each feature a three-window canted bay with a piended roof projecting from the centre of each return elevation, and with an oculus in the rear wallhead stacks. The roofs are slate-covered.

A plaque on the southwest gable commemorates Major William Caulfield, who, as HM Inspector of Roads from 1732 to 1767, planned and built 800 miles of military roads in the Highlands. He also served as Deputy Governor of Inverness Castle from 1747 until his death in 1767. The name Cradlehall is said to originate from the practice of hoisting inebriated guests in a cradle to their beds.