Leys Castle

Inverness South

Highlands

Scotland

Historic County: Inverness-shire

Start Date: 1832

Completion Date: 1834

Status: Fully Extant

House Open to Public: By Appointment

Country House: Yes

Built / Designed For: Colonel John Baillie
Architect: Samuel Beazley

Date of Birth: 1786
Date of Death: 1851
Nationality: British
Notes: Wrote plays and designed their settings. He wrote more than 100 operas, farces, and other dramas. He published two novels: "The Roué", in 1828, and "The Oxonian", in 1840.

Date: 1832-34
Designed: House

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Title: Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840, A - SOFTBACK
Author: Colvin, Howard
Year Published: 1995
Publisher: New Haven: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300072074
Book Type: Softback
House Listed: Category A

Park Listed: Listed as a Garden & Designed Landscape
Past Seat / Home of: Colonel John Baillie, 19th century.

Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust

Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home

Ownership Details: Available for weddings and events
House Open to Public: By Appointment
Phone: 01463-234-713

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.leys-castle.co.uk

Historic Houses Member: No

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