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Garbhalt House, Strathlachlan
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General Details and Location
Category
AT RISK
Name of Building
Garbhalt House
Other Name(s)
Garvalt
Address
Strathlachlan
Locality
Postcode
Planning Authority
Divisional Area
Reference No
1330
Listing Category
Unlisted
OS Grid Ref
NS 02100 95848
Location Type
Rural
HS Reference No
Description
Harled and slated traditional-style house of 2 storeys, with a lower 3 bay extension adjoined to the left gable, topped by a corrugated iron roof. Form, and its roadside location, suggests it may have been a former inn.
Appears on the 1st edition (six inch series) map when settlement was spelt Garvalt.
Appears on the 1st edition (six inch series) map when settlement was spelt Garvalt.
Building Dates
19th century ?
Architects
Unknown
Category of Risk and Development History
Condition
Very Poor
Category of Risk
High
Exemptions to State of Risk
Field Visits
May 1995, July 1996, August 2001, 27/11/2009, 31/8/2012
Development History
May 1995: Inspection reveals the house to be empty, with broken windows. August 2001: External inspection reveals that the house is continuing to deteriorate. Its door is now broken. The house is subsequently sold. May 2006: previous owners report new ownership details to SCT.
November 2009: External inspection finds the property remains vacant, extensively vandalised and now rapidly deteriorating.
31 August 2012: External inspection finds the roof of the outbuilding has now collapsed and there is a sapling growing from the roof of the farmhouse. Otherwise, no change since the previous site visit.
Availability
Current Availability
Unknown
Appointed Agents
Price
Occupancy
Vacant
Occupancy Type
N/A
Present/Former Uses
Name of Owners
Type of Ownership
Private
Information Services
Additional Contacts/Information Source
Bibliography
Online Resources
Classification
Middle-sized Houses
Original Entry Date
11-JUL-96
Date of Last Edit
07/01/2021
