The Artist's Cottage

Known as The Artist’s Cottage, Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s An Artist’s Cottage and Studio was built in the village of Farr, a few miles from Inverness. 

On the North-Western edge of the Monadhliath mountains, the property sits on approximately 1 acre of slightly elevated ground, commanding lovely views over the surrounding countryside.

The building consists of a two-storey cube with a single-storey wing enclosing a ‘secret’ walled garden. The external walls have a noticeable incline to the face, giving the building a contemporary feel.  With a footprint of over 200 square metres, the property accommodates 5 en-suite bedrooms and an extremely generous-sized north-lit studio occupying almost half the first floor.

The exterior was built exactly as per Mackintosh’s original designs.  However, with only the exterior elevations and floor plans to work from, the interiors were drawn from existing Mackintosh buildings of a similar period and scale.

The timber panelling throughout much of the ground floor reflects another Mackintosh design from the Ruchill Church Hall.  The beautiful shape of the completed building has been compared to some of Mackintosh’s contemporary and later drawings and watercolours, such as The Castle, Holy Island, 1901, and Le Fort Maillert, 1927.