I went on holiday in the Scottish Highlands a couple of years ago and was amazed to find this place literally next door. What are the odds on that eh? I'd been coming here for years and never noticed the place, then happened to spot it on my way home after the holiday one time. I was worried that someone might have come in and redeveloped the place in the time before my next visit, but I needn't have worried.
The approach. Note the leaves at the bottom of the gate.
Looking up the very overgrown drive
I don't know what happened to this place, there is no obvious sign of fire and certain things indicate that it hasn't been like this for too many years. The roof is totally gone and it is way too hardcore for me to set foot inside. Not without a helmet anyway, and I don't tend to take that sort of thing on holiday.
The place I was staying in is a timeshare complex, but it was originally a quite famous hotel. The architecture is almost identical to this, which makes me think that it was staff quarters or the owners house at one point. Either way, it's quite a stunning place.
Eerily some windows are still glazed and the TV aerial still stands. I saw very little trace of vandalism, it's simply too far out of the way and well hidden for that.
The devastation is pretty much complete all around the house. It seems that the roof must have fallen in one place and nature took it's course with the rest.
Another indicator that the building was linked to the hotel was the amount of bizarre junk left lying about. The cellar was full of deep fat fryers for some reason, and the shed (also roofless) had to be seen to be believed.
I think whoever built this place intended the design to be a pastiche of a gothic castle; this being the case, what would a castle be without it's throne?
The approach. Note the leaves at the bottom of the gate.
Looking up the very overgrown drive
I don't know what happened to this place, there is no obvious sign of fire and certain things indicate that it hasn't been like this for too many years. The roof is totally gone and it is way too hardcore for me to set foot inside. Not without a helmet anyway, and I don't tend to take that sort of thing on holiday.
The place I was staying in is a timeshare complex, but it was originally a quite famous hotel. The architecture is almost identical to this, which makes me think that it was staff quarters or the owners house at one point. Either way, it's quite a stunning place.
Eerily some windows are still glazed and the TV aerial still stands. I saw very little trace of vandalism, it's simply too far out of the way and well hidden for that.
The devastation is pretty much complete all around the house. It seems that the roof must have fallen in one place and nature took it's course with the rest.
Another indicator that the building was linked to the hotel was the amount of bizarre junk left lying about. The cellar was full of deep fat fryers for some reason, and the shed (also roofless) had to be seen to be believed.
I think whoever built this place intended the design to be a pastiche of a gothic castle; this being the case, what would a castle be without it's throne?