Moness House Hotel, Aberfeldy

Moness House Hotel in Aberfeldy dates back to 1758, although some sources suggest it was built in 1753. The building features an additional porch and staircase likely added around 1808, and it was extended to the east around 1845 and to the west in the 20th century. This 2-storey hotel has an attic and a raised basement, with a rectangular plan and a piend and platform roof. The exterior is harled with stone margins.

On the north elevation, the original five symmetrical bays are located to the right, with three small windows on the left and two on the right at the basement level. Oversailing stone steps with decorative ironwork railings lead to a small gabled porch at the center, which has a panelled timber door, a decorative astragalled fanlight, and narrow lights on the returns. There are two windows in the flanking bays and regular fenestration on the first floor. To the left, there are two small canted polygonal-roofed dormers above. To the left of the center, there are three additional bays, symmetrically fenestrated at the ground level, featuring a similar porch at the first floor and a dormer window to the right, along with three small windows to the right at the basement. There is also a further gabled single-storey extension with two windows on the outer left, followed by later flat-roofed bays that are out of character, and more flat-roofed bays to the right.

The south elevation displays a variety of elements, retaining largely symmetrical glazing over five widely-set bays. There is a projecting gabled stair tower to the left of center, featuring a relief-carved armorial panel in the gablehead below, which is dated '1758' and initialled 'RSF AEF'. To the right, there is a full-height gabled bay.

The east elevation has later single-storey bays projecting at ground level, with two windows to the left at the first floor and a canted dormer above. The west elevation includes a flat-roofed extension at ground level, a small window to the right at the first floor, and a canted dormer above.

The windows throughout the building feature 4- and 12-pane glazing patterns in timber sash and case style, with some basement windows that open from the top. The roof is covered with grey slates, and there are coped harled stacks with a full complement of cans and ashlar-coped skews with moulded skewputts.

Inside, the hotel features plain and decorative cornicing, as well as a turnpike stone staircase with ball-finialled timber newels.