Drumossie Hotel
{{short description|Hotel in Highland, Scotland}}
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The Drumossie Hotel is an art deco resort and conference centre two kilometers south east of Inverness.
History
The building was designed by Carruthers May{{cite web|url=http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=204658|title=Carruthers May|publisher=Scottish architects|accessdate=30 April 2017}} and built in the art deco style as a traditional roadhouse in about 1930.{{cite web|url=http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/News/Councillors-tell-Drumossie-Hotel-to-change-windows-before-development-25092012.htm|title=Councillors tell Drumossie Hotel to change windows before development|date=25 September 2012|publisher=Inverness Courier|accessdate=30 April 2017}} It was requisitioned to serve as the headquarters of No. 14 Group RAF in June 1940 during the Second World War.{{cite web|url=http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/squadrons/RAF_FighterCommand_FAA_Groups.html|title=No 14 Group RAF Fighter Command|publisher=Fleet Air Arm|accessdate=30 April 2017|archive-date=19 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619134131/http://fleetairarmarchive.net/Squadrons/RAF_FighterCommand_FAA_Groups.html|url-status=usurped}}{{cite web|url=http://her.highland.gov.uk/SingleResult.aspx?uid=MHG2988|title=Drumossie Hotel, Inverness|publisher=Highland Council|accessdate=30 April 2017}} The headquarters moved later to a permanent location at Raigmore House in 1941{{cite web|url=http://her.highland.gov.uk/SingleResult.aspx?uid=MHG24204|title=Raigmore House, Inverness|publisher=Highland Council|accessdate=30 April 2017}} and the building reverted to hotel use and by the 1970s was trading as the "Royal Stuart Motor Hotel".{{cite web|url=http://exceptthekylesandwesternisles.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/grampian-hotel-dalwhinnie.html|title=Royal Stuart Motor Hotel|publisher=Except the Kyles and Western Isles|accessdate=30 April 2017}} More recently known as the "Drumossie Hotel", it was operated by Shearings in the 1990s{{cite web|url=http://www.highland.gov.uk/download/meetings/id/14643/item71appealpdf|title=Planning permission appeal and listed building consent|publisher=Highland Council|accessdate=30 April 2017}} but has since been acquired by Macdonald Hotels.{{cite web|url=http://www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk/our-hotels/macdonald-drumossie-hotel/|title=Macdonald Drumossie Hotel|accessdate=30 April 2017}}
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Category:Hotels in Highland (council area)
Category:Art Deco architecture in Scotland
Category:Buildings and structures in Inverness
Category:Hotel buildings completed in 1930
Category:Hotels established in 1930
Category:1930 establishments in Scotland
Category:Category B listed buildings in Highland (council area)