Strathpeffer Residential

Attribution: unknown (The ruin of Free Church in Jamestown)

Residential Properties

Seven homes have been selected by architect Douglas Murray to provide examples of the wide variety of homes in Strathpeffer.  We are giving a small ‘taster’ of the homes in this page but you can see the full number of properties in the photo album at the bottom of this page.

However, we will start with one house not selected by Mr Murray, which is Crancil Brae, the photograph of which was taken early in the 20th century by the owner, T Wellwood Maxwell, the Strathpeffer chemist.

Crancil Brae

Attribution: T Wellwood Maxwell

Raven Cottage

An early cottage, originally thatched, tucked into the slope, now surrounded by Victorian villas and dominated by Cromartie Buildings, but it would have been in green fields at one time.

Raven Cottage

Attribution: unknown

No. 8 Kinellan Drive

No. 8 Kinellan Drive is a typical council house with an attractive garden.

No. 8 Kinellan Drive is a typical council house with an attractive garden.

Attribution: unknown

Manderley

Manderley – For a contemporary house I think Angus Macdonald’s “Manderley” is a worthy example of the period, also in a piended style with strong overhanging eaves, reflecting the owner’s times working in the Far East. It is set on the hillside above the village with spectacular views down the strath to the Cromarty Firth.
[Sadly, Angus Macdonald died in 2010.]

Sunlight on Manderley

Attribution: unknown

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Strathpeffer » Strathpeffer Places » Strathpeffer Pump room
Nurse lowering patient into mud bath
Nurse lowering patient into mud bath
The patient would have been lowered into the mud bath by an extremely skilled nurse
A Mud Bath
A Mud Bath
After drinking the waters, Mrs Mitchell would have endured more torture by having a mud bath
Victorian gentleman
Victorian gentleman
As you enter the Pump Room you are greeted by volunteers Maureen and Shirley, and, as you leave, the Victorian gentleman holding the "sweetie poke" (paper bag) is not offering a treat but suggesting you may wish to leave a donation in support of the exhibition you have viewed. You can, of course, purchase your own "sweetie poke" from the attractive range on display, or a souvenir from the gift shop.
Mrs Mitchell, preparing to "take the waters"
Mrs Mitchell, preparing to "take the waters"
Mrs Mitchell, preparing to "take the waters". Each picture is said to tell a story, and this one suggests domineering wife and hen-pecked husband!
Mrs Mitchell, preparing to "take the waters"
Mrs Mitchell, preparing to "take the waters"
These models show a patient consulting Strathpeffer physician Dr Fortescue Fox.
These models show a patient consulting Strathpeffer physician Dr Fortescue Fox.
For more information about Dr Fortescue Fox please read the page about him under Folk on this website.
Highland Railway poster in the exhibition
Highland Railway poster in the exhibition
Highland Railway poster in the exhibition. Visitors to Strathpeffer came via the Highland Railway Company which opened its branch line to the village on 3 June 1885. Until then, visitors made the final stage of their journey by horse-drawn coach, which was both inconvenient and not very suitable for the many guests who were older, in poor health or invalids. In the first decade of the 20th century the Spa was overflowing with visitors and the Railway Company built their grand 90-bedroom Highland Hotel, which opened in 1911 - it can be seen on the top left in the poster.
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