Comments on: The ‘Hermit’s Castle’, Achmelvich, Sutherland https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-hermits-castle-achmelvich-sutherland/ Rambles to, and ramblings about, Follies and Garden and Landscape Ornament. Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:45:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: peter halliday https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-hermits-castle-achmelvich-sutherland/#comment-23813 Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:45:16 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=10122#comment-23813 In reply to Editor.

Excellent. Thanks so much. I’ll look out for it…

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-hermits-castle-achmelvich-sutherland/#comment-23812 Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:28:00 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=10122#comment-23812 In reply to peter halliday.

Hello Peter. That most certainly is of interest. I didn’t know about this resource so I am delighted you have shared it here. I will send you a scan of the article, but please bear with me for a couple of days.

]]> By: peter halliday https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-hermits-castle-achmelvich-sutherland/#comment-23810 Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:14:05 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=10122#comment-23810 Hello
According to the UK Modern House Index, David Scott eventually returned to East Anglia to work with Norwich-based architectural practice Lambert Scott & Innes (https://ukmoho.co.uk/html/building/13779.html). Knowing how pernickety the people behind the index are about their attributions, I’d say this is reliable info. This would also suggest that he was a member of the architectural dynasty founded by AF Scott (https://architecture.arthistoryresearch.net/architects/scott-augustus-frederic) probably the son of either Eric or Theo – as the family firm, AF Scott & Sons was merged with Lambert & Innes in 1971 to form Lambert Scott & Innes.
Following the same route – the UKMoHo Index- it also seems he designed this fine-looking house in Stroud: https://www.wowhaus.co.uk/2014/08/18/on-the-market-david-scott-designed-modernist-property-in-stroud-gloucestershire/
Anyways, I hope that was of interest. And, if at all possible, I’d love to see a scan of that Gordon Bryan article. Any chance of emailing it to me at peter@halliday.uk.com?

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-hermits-castle-achmelvich-sutherland/#comment-12999 Fri, 23 Feb 2024 15:21:14 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=10122#comment-12999 In reply to Neil.

Hello Neil. I have to say that I am torn between wanting to know more and allowing the mystery of this enchanting structure to remain intact. I was pleased to find the article that debunks the ‘one night only’ myth. It is the most amazing building and location, although personally I would like a little more in the way of home comforts. Which only adds to my admiration of David Scott.

]]> By: Neil https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-hermits-castle-achmelvich-sutherland/#comment-12993 Wed, 21 Feb 2024 16:49:07 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=10122#comment-12993 In this film on the structure https://www.tumblr.com/whitedoglike/181930718648/in-1955-david-scott-a-young-architect-from
someone comments ‘David died just before Christmas 2013 in a nursing home in Norwich.’ All I know is that he followed in the footsteps of his father, uncle and grandfather as a Norwich architect: https://architecture.arthistoryresearch.net/architects/scott-theodore-gilbert

I too wish to find out more about him!

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-hermits-castle-achmelvich-sutherland/#comment-12901 Mon, 05 Feb 2024 17:33:51 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=10122#comment-12901 In reply to Christine U.

Good afternoon Christine. It really is one of the most memorable structures I have ever seen. And quite possibly the most beautifully situated. Once seen never forgotten.

]]> By: Christine U https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-hermits-castle-achmelvich-sutherland/#comment-12900 Mon, 05 Feb 2024 14:37:05 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=10122#comment-12900 Thank you for this. What an intriguing tale! It will linger in my imagination.

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-hermits-castle-achmelvich-sutherland/#comment-12850 Sun, 28 Jan 2024 21:16:11 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=10122#comment-12850 In reply to Jonathan Holt.

Hello Jonathan. Yes I checked Tim’s article during my research and concluded it relied on the usual sources which misrepresent the history. But how interesting that the two architects geographical paths were the opposite of each other, albeit decades apart.

]]> By: Jonathan Holt https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-hermits-castle-achmelvich-sutherland/#comment-12849 Sun, 28 Jan 2024 19:52:25 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=10122#comment-12849 It’s featured in the Scottish Issue of Follies Magazine (No. 105 Autumn 2019) in an article by Tim Buxbaum, who did the opposite of David Scott – he’s a Scottish architect who went to work in East Anglia. He doesn’t anything to what you have found out.

]]> By: Gwyn Headley https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-hermits-castle-achmelvich-sutherland/#comment-12755 Fri, 19 Jan 2024 11:37:22 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=10122#comment-12755 Perhaps the only Brutalist folly! What a discovery!

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