A long riverside inn remains a working social centre, carrying coaching-road hospitality into the village’s present visitor economy.
Quick facts
- Date
- Circa 1780 according to hotel history; designation describes early 19th-century fabric
- Architect / designer
- Unknown
- Type
- Long harled coaching-inn and hotel range
- Designation
- Listed building, Category B (LB14902)
- OS grid reference
- NH 54185 55728
Architecture, archaeology and continuing use
A two-storey and attic five-bay centre block is flanked by lower two-storey ranges. Harled walls, painted margins, twelve-pane sash windows and a slate roof give the extended building a coherent traditional frontage despite modern dormers and rear additions.
Its story
The hotel’s present interpretation dates its coaching-inn origins to 1780, while the national designation characterises the surviving fabric as early nineteenth century. Recent family-led renovation returned the landmark to active hospitality use.
Why it is included
Category B listing recognises an extended coaching-inn form whose continuing hotel use preserves the social history of the river crossing and road settlement.
What to notice
- The long composition of centre block and lower end ranges.
- Traditional sash windows against the harled walls.
- The north-end oriel window.
Reading the surroundings
Public access is limited to the hotel’s advertised hospitality areas and hours. Respect guest accommodation and staff-only spaces.
Timeline
- Circa 1780 Current hotel history places the coaching inn’s origin in the late eighteenth century.
- Early 19th century The principal surviving ranges took their traditional harled form.
- Recent years A major refurbishment revived hotel, dining and bar use.
What we know — and what remains uncertain
The exact relationship between the 1780 foundation claim and the surviving masonry has not been established through building archaeology.
Sources & further reading
- Historic Environment Scotland: Conon Hotel, LB14902 — Designation status, mapped location, date, fabric and architectural or archaeological interest.
- Highland HER: Conon Hotel — Local record, mapped identity and archival sale-particulars context.
- Conon Hotel: official website — Current hotel operation, room count, facilities and the business’s 1780 origin account.
Location
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