Kylnadrochit Lodge

Kylnadrochit Lodge is a large Scottish Renaissance house dating from around 1900, designed by George Mackie Watson. The house was commissioned in 1898 when land was purchased from the Duke of Gordon and Richmond by Lady Grant Suttie of Balgone and Prestongrange. It was built by Rev George Smith, originally from Strathavon and Minister of Prestonpans. Later, the property was sold back to the Duke of Richmond and Gordon to replace Lecht Lodge, which was destroyed by fire in 1915. Now operating as a shooting lodge hotel, the building is asymmetrical in design, featuring two main storeys and an attic, with a single-storey and attic service wing extending from the north gable. The construction consists of coursed rubble with tooled dressings. The western elevation has a wide, irregular gabled front, with the main entrance sheltered by a segmental pediment in the right bay. Three wide bays face the southern elevation, with an advanced left bay containing paired windows. Above, a shaped gable and a semi-octagonal bay window with a parapet are visible on the right. The eastern elevation features a canted bay and a canted oriel window. Dormers with shaped gables are visible, alongside crowstepped gables, corniced ridge and end stacks, and a slate roof with a stone ridge.

Also on the property are U-plan stables and a carriage house, of single-storey and attic construction. The stables feature a three-bay central block with a centre carriage house flanked by round-headed recesses, a window to the right, and a stable entrance to the left. A louvred bellcote sits centrally, along with loft dormers, ridge and end stacks, a slate roof, and a stone ridge. George Mackie Watson’s architectural practice was extensive and diverse, encompassing domestic, civic, ecclesiastical, and restoration work.