Raigmore House

Raigmore House was a country house in Raigmore, Inverness. HistoryThe house was designed by Archibald Simpson and constructed for Lachlan Mackintosh of Raigmore, a merchant who had returned from Calcutta, in about 1810. On Lachlan Mackintosh's death in 1845, the estate passed to Aeneas Mackintosh, his son. The site was requisitioned for military use in June 1940 during the Second World War: the house itself became the officers mess for the headquarters of No. 14 Group RAF in 1941; the Operations Centre of No. 14 Group RAF was housed there in three buildings (Operations Room, Filter Room and Communications Centre), which were partially buried for protection, in a similar way to buildings for No. 9 Group RAF at RAF Barton Hall, No. 10 Group RAF at RAF Box, No. 11 Group RAF at RAF Uxbridge, No. 12 Group RAF at RAF Watnall and No. 13 Group RAF at RAF Newcastle. Much of the remainder of the site was used to create a Emergency Hospital Service facility which evolved to become Raigmore Hospital.

Raigmore House was a country house in Raigmore, Inverness. HistoryThe house was designed by Archibald Simpson and constructed for Lachlan Mackintosh of Raigmore, a merchant who had returned from Calcutta, in about 1810. On Lachlan Mackintosh's death in 1845, the estate passed to Aeneas Mackintosh, his son. The site was requisitioned for military use in June 1940 during the Second World War: the house itself became the officers mess for the headquarters of No. 14 Group RAF in 1941; the Operations Centre of No. 14 Group RAF was housed there in three buildings (Operations Room, Filter Room and Communications Centre), which were partially buried for protection, in a similar way to buildings for No. 9 Group RAF at RAF Barton Hall, No. 10 Group RAF at RAF Box, No. 11 Group RAF at RAF Uxbridge, No. 12 Group RAF at RAF Watnall and No. 13 Group RAF at RAF Newcastle. Much of the remainder of the site was used to create a Emergency Hospital Service facility which evolved to become Raigmore Hospital.