Documents

There are no additional online documents for this record.

Summary

Description

Dated 1758 (Mackay gives 1753); additional porch and staircase probably 1808; extended to E circa1845; extended to W 20th century. 2-storey with attic and raised basement, 8-bay, rectangular-plan, piend- and platform-roofed house converted to hotel. Harled with stone margins.

N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 5 original symmetrical bays to right with 3 small windows to left and 2 to right at basement; oversailing stone steps and flanking decorative ironwork railings leading to small gabled porch at centre ground with panelled timber door, decoratively-astragalled fanlight and narrow lights to returns, 2 windows to flanking bays and regular fenestration to 1st floor; 2 (later) small canted polygonal-roofed dormers grouped to left above. 3 further bays to left of centre, symmetrically-fenestrated at ground and with similar porch feature at 1st floor and dormer window to right; 3 further small windows to right at basement. Further gabled single storey extension with 2 windows to outer left, later flat-roofed out-of-character bays beyond and further flat-roofed bays to right.

S ELEVATION: variety of elements to altered elevation retaining largely symmetrical glazing over 5 widely-set bays; projecting gabled stair tower to left of centre with relief-carved armorial panel in gablehead below incised stone dated '1758' and initialled 'RSF AEF' and further full-height gabled bay to right.

E ELEVATION: later single storey bays projecting at ground with 2 windows to left at 1st floor and canted dormer above.

W ELEVATION: flat-roofed extension at ground, small window to right at 1st floor and canted dormer above.

4- and 12-pane glazing patterns in timber sash and case windows; some basement windows top-opening. Grey slates. Coped harled stacks with full-complement of cans and ashlar-coped skews with moulded skewputts.

INTERIOR: plain and decorative cornicing; turnpike stone staircase with ball-finialled timber newels.

Statement of Special Interest

Moness originally belonged to the Flemyng family, in 1685 Robert Flemyng of Moness was Governor of Inverary Castle. The Barons of Moness held land to E of the Moness Burn for some 300 years, their family motto was 'LAT THE DEID SCHAW' (Let the deed show). Two family tombstones were situated on the roadside in Killiechassie, which estate the Flemyngs used to own. The estate was sold to Lord Breadalbane in 1787 for the sum of £9,600, and was held until 1921. From 1939-45 the house was utilised as a hostel for evacuated school children from Glasgow. By 1954 it belonged to Moness Estate Ltd

References

Bibliography

About Listed Buildings

Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating sites and places at the national level. These designations are Scheduled monuments, Listed buildings, Inventory of gardens and designed landscapes and Inventory of historic battlefields.

We make recommendations to the Scottish Government about historic marine protected areas, and the Scottish Ministers decide whether to designate.

Listing is the process that identifies, designates and provides statutory protection for buildings of special architectural or historic interest as set out in the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997.

We list buildings which are found to be of special architectural or historic interest using the selection guidance published in Designation Policy and Selection Guidance (2019)

Listed building records provide an indication of the special architectural or historic interest of the listed building which has been identified by its statutory address. The description and additional information provided are supplementary and have no legal weight.

These records are not definitive historical accounts or a complete description of the building(s). If part of a building is not described it does not mean it is not listed. The format of the listed building record has changed over time. Earlier records may be brief and some information will not have been recorded.

The legal part of the listing is the address/name of site which is known as the statutory address. Other than the name or address of a listed building, further details are provided for information purposes only. Historic Environment Scotland does not accept any liability for any loss or damage suffered as a consequence of inaccuracies in the information provided. Addresses and building names may have changed since the date of listing. Even if a number or name is missing from a listing address it will still be listed. Listing covers both the exterior and the interior and any object or structure fixed to the building. Listing also applies to buildings or structures not physically attached but which are part of the curtilage (or land) of the listed building as long as they were erected before 1 July 1948.

While Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating listed buildings, the planning authority is responsible for determining what is covered by the listing, including what is listed through curtilage. However, for listed buildings designated or for listings amended from 1 October 2015, legal exclusions to the listing may apply.

If part of a building is not listed, it will say that it is excluded in the statutory address and in the statement of special interest in the listed building record. The statement will use the word 'excluding' and quote the relevant section of the 1997 Act. Some earlier listed building records may use the word 'excluding', but if the Act is not quoted, the record has not been revised to reflect subsequent legislation.

Listed building consent is required for changes to a listed building which affect its character as a building of special architectural or historic interest. The relevant planning authority is the point of contact for applications for listed building consent.

Find out more about listing and our other designations at www.historicenvironment.scot/advice-and-support. You can contact us on 0131 668 8914 or at designations@hes.scot.