CALDA HOUSE

3D Model

The ruins of a large house in a prominent position on the bank of Loch Assynt and close to the also runined Ardvrek Castle : https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/ardvreck-castle-13815bc0fbd24b17b5f89ee27a1cc37b

The following information is quoted from the Discover Assynt web page :

‘The second MacKenzie of Assynt, Kenneth, was persuaded by his wife to abandon the austerity and discomfort of Ardvrek in favour of a new house at nearby Calda. Begun in 1726 it was the first classical style house in the northwest highlands and at that time would have been very grand indeed.

Amid mounting debts, the luxury-loving Mackenzies were forced to put their grand house up for sale and a struggle for control of Assynt now ensued between the MacKenzie Earl of Seaforth and the Earl of Sutherland. In 1736 some MacKenzie supporters deliberately torched Calda House to prevent it ever being used by the Sutherlands’