Moray HER - NJ05SW0068 - ALTYRE HOUSE

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Primary Reference	NJ05SW0068
Name	ALTYRE HOUSE
NRHE Card No.	NJ05SW22
NRHE Numlink	169228
HES SM No.	NULL
HES LB No.	15577
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Complete 2
Details	Formerly Blairs House, by W. L. Carruthers, circa 1895 and enlarged in 1931. Long rambling gabled south facing 2-storey house with east gable entrance front. Harled exterior with contrasting tooled ashlar margins and dressings. Irregular wide 5-bay south garden front with bays linked by continuous bandcourse between ground and first floors. Gabled entrance front at east with off-centre recessed entrance porch. Gabled rear (facing entrance drive) with single 2-storey ashlar fronted gabled bays at northeast. Coped ridge and wallhead stacks, stone slate roof. Former Episcopal Parsonage for priest serving Altyre Episcopal church. Enlarged 1931 when the Gordon Cumming family abandoned Altyre House, which was demolished in 1962.
Last Update	19/07/2022
Updated By	cpalmer

Compiler	NCA
Date of Compilation	27/09/2017

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National Grid Reference: NJ 0276 5497

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Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
HOUSES			A	100