Glencoe House Explained

Glencoe House
Region:Glencoe
State:Scotland
Country:UK
Coordinates:56.6871°N -5.0997°W
Healthcare:NHS
Type:Specialist
Speciality:Geriatric hospital
Founded:1945
Closed:2009
Map Type:Scotland Lochaber

Glencoe House is a category B listed[1] four-storey Victorian estate house in Glencoe, Lochaber, Highland, Scotland.

History

Designed by Rowand Anderson, the house was built in 1895 by Lord Strathcona for his wife, Isabella. It became a military hospital during the Second World War and, after the war, served as a maternity hospital until the 1960s when it became a hospital for geriatric patients; it then closed in 2009.[2]

The property was put up for sale after local people failed to raise the £450,000 necessary to buy it under the Land Reform Act, having been given only five months to raise the £1.5M necessary to buy and restore the building. Unknown to the South Lochaber Community Company the Big Lottery Fund proceeds were being diverted to the London Olympics and the funding request was denied. It was sold in 2011 to a private buyer [3] [4] and after a restoration it was reopened as a hotel in August 2012.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Glencoe Hospital: Listed Building Report . Historic Environment Scotland . 21 May 2017.
  2. Web site: The Hospital Years. Glencoe House. 31 January 2019.
  3. News: Historic Glencoe mansion up for sale. Peterkin. Tom. 19 December 2010. Scotland on Sunday. 18 November 2015.
  4. News: Former Glencoe hospital building may become a guesthouse. 30 June 2011. The Press and Journal. 21 May 2017.