rosehaugh
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Oppositepage:RosehaughHouse.BuildingteamposebeneathscaffoldinginfrontofRosehaugh.Thispage:Above,InteriorHall,fromaprivatecollection.Below,frontfacadeofthemansion.
theeasttonearMunlochyinthewest.It
At its height, the estate
TheGroamHouseMuseuminRosemarkie
evenhaditsownprivaterailwaystation.In isholdinga“RosehaughThenandNow
itsgroundswereseverallargegreenhouses,
employed fourteen
Exhibition”until31stOctober2009.
alargesportspavillion,tenniscourtsanda
curlingrink.Therewerestables,harness
gamekeepers and
Fordetailsvisit:www.groamhouse.org.uk
roomsandacoachhouse.
extended from Eathie
With thanks to Magdalene Maclean and
JamesDouglasFletcherhadnochildren theAvochHeritage Association
andwhenhediedin1927hiswidowLilian
in the east to near
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rantheestate.In1943,Lilian,bytheninher
seventies,soldoffmuchoftheland.When
Munlochy in the west.
shediedin1953herniece,MrsShaw-
MackenzieofNewhall,inheritedthehouse. proceededtoreleasesomeofthecapital
Thehousewassufferingfromneglectand investedbysellingthecontentsofthehouse
neededextensiverepairs,especiallythe inthelargestsaleeverstagedontheBlack
roof.Claytileshadbeenusedinsteadof Isle,organisedbyThomasLoveandSonsof
traditionalslateandtheyhadnotbeenable Perth.Thiswasamajoreventforthearea
towithstandtheScottishwinters.MrsShaw- andthesaletookplaceovereightdays.But
Mackenzieandherhusbanddonatedseveral unabletofindabuyerforthehouse,itwas
itemstotheRoyalScottishMuseumin finallydemolishedin1959.
Edinburgh,(includingafigureofBuddha Theestatehoweverisstillinoperation.It
whichcanstillbeseen),beforesellingthe wassoldagainin1991andthepresent
estatetotheEagleStarInsuranceCompany. ownershavemademanyimprovements
In1954,withinmonthsofacquiringthe withsomeofthepropertiesavailableas
ownershipofRosehaugh,EagleStar holidaylets. a73
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