Fonab Castle Explained

Fonab Castle
Location:Pitlochry, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Coordinates:56.6983°N -3.742°W
Architect:Andrew Heiton
Architecture:Scots baronial
Designation1:Category B
Designation1 Date:5 October 1971
Designation1 Number:LB39859

Fonab Castle, also known as Port-na-Craig House, is located in Pitlochry, Perth and Kinross, Scotland.[1]

History

Built in 1892 for Lieutenant Colonel George Glas Sandeman, and now a Category B listed building. In 1946, the building became the property of the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board, who changed the property's name from Fonab Castle to Port-na-Craig House. The castle was altered internally in 1954.

The building lay empty for many years, and was listed on the Buildings at Risk Register for Scotland.[1]

As a hotel

The castle is now a luxury five-star hotel, set in (which is much less than its original acreage due to the flooding of Loch Faskally to create a reservoir).[1] The hotel has a fine-dining restaurant of three AA Rosettes, and 43 guest bedrooms.[2]

In 2022, the property was sold, via a Savills auction, to Fonab SPV.[2]

References

  1. https://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst90854.html Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland
  2. https://www.heraldscotland.com/business_hq/19896255.pitlochry-fonab-castle-hotel-spa-sold/ "Pitlochry Fonab Castle hotel, spa sold"