@castlesofscotland: Scotland’s Most Unique Airbnb 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏰 The Bridge House is an elaborate baronial covered bridge with a gatehouse above, designed by Patrick Allan Fraser in 1871. Fraser, an artistic visionary and advocate of the arts and crafts movement, purchased Blackcraig Estate in 1847 before setting about its transformation. Initially he focused on the Castle and surrounds before later turning his attention to The Bridge House. The Bridge had a security purpose - with two huge wooden doors at road level - and as the gate-keepers accommodation, with access to the doors below via spiral stairways on both sides. There were mod cons too, a privy incorporated into the stonework that’s directly above the river below. On the western side of the building are stables with four stalls and stable-boy accommodation above. At river level, there’s evidence of iron rods and gears that may have harnessed the rivers power. In 1971 the building was given a Category A listing by Historic Scotland. By the turn of this century, the building was a little worse for wear, with bricked up windows and collapsing roofs. In 2010, renovations have revitalised it into two holiday lets. #Scotland #airbnb #beautifuldestinations #travel #hiddengems

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