The family home with inscriptions on the wall
Picture by SANDY McCOOK 4th August '17 Your Home Feature. The Old Parsonage, Farr, Aberarder, Inverness-shire, home of Trevor and Heather Colbourne. While £870 today seems a teeny sum for a grand period country house , in 1882 it was considered a small fortune. In fact, it was so much that the Episcopalian Church building the manse at Croachy by Farr, ran out of money. Now called The Old Parsonage, the house has been owned by Trevor and Heather Colbourne for nearly a decade. During that time Trevor researched the history of the house. “An Episcopalian Church was built here in 1868 then eight years later they needed to build accommodation for the vicar. I found in the library, an old advert inviting tradesmen to come and help build the new parsonage. “From memory, the whole house cost £870 to build but they were short by £100 so had to seek public subscription and ask people to help pay for it to be finished.” This beautifully appointed home was designed by architect Alexand...