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Steading and house. The whole steading was originally called the Mains of Edingight, however the name of the house was changed to Edingight House, taking the name of a mid-19th century house by this name was demolished in 1970. Circa 500 metres to the South, there is another building that goes by the name of Edingight House. On the 1st edition OS map the steading buildings are shown as a collection of buildings in a rough U-shape, and by the second edition OS map they are more established, with a U-shaped building open to the East, but with smaller buildings within the opening. Recent OS maps show this has been filled in, and aerial photographs show two long roughly East-West oriented buildings with some smaller buildings around them. The main house, now known as Edingight House, is South facing, dating to 1559 and 1681, and incorporating early work. It is the home of Innes of Edingight. John Innes, 1st Laird, obtained the lands of Edingight in 1559 from Kinloss Abbey (NJ06SE0002). The 5th Laird, also John, built the L-plan house in 1681. The wings of this house have been destroyed, but are shown in a 19th century topographical painting that is in the possession of the present owner. The house comprises of two 2 storey blocks. The earlier and lower block, built in 1559, is set back at the West gable of main house. It has two ground floor windows, and three very small first floor windows below the eaves. It has modern harling, and there are a few ashlar margins visible. The principal block at the East, built in 1681, has irregular 5-bay much altered fenestration. There are entrances in the centre rear of both blocks, the principal being in a projecting 2-storey gabled porch with a narrow doorway, above which is set an armorial carved in circa 1955 but dated 1559, the date the land was obtained by John Innes. An off-centre garden door in the main South front has a small blocked window to the right with chamfered margins. There are modern bipartites in the outer ground floor bays and enlarged first floor windows in the outer bays. Multi-pane glazing is used. There are cavetto skewputts at the North-West and South-East with carved masks, and at the South-West with Innes stars. There are end stacks and slate roofs. Inside, there is a modernised ground floor drawing room at the East, with a re-set long carved stone lintel dated to 1681 with initials, an armorial and decorative floral details. The initials are II for John Innes and IH for Isobel Hamilton, his second wife. There is a screen wall to the East with archways to the service cottage and garden, and it is set with armorials dated 1928 and 1963.
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NJ55NW0003 - EDINGIGHT HOUSE