Dunrobin Castle

Dunrobin Castle
East front of Dunrobin Castle and gardens
Dunrobin Castle Location of Dunrobin Castle in Sutherland
General information
Type	Country house
Architectural style	Scottish baronial/French Renaissance
Location	Golspie, Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Coordinates	57°58′55″N 3°56′43″W / 57.981944°N 3.945278°W / 57.981944; -3.945278
Completed	1845
Client	George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland
Owner	Alistair Charles St Clair Sutherland, 25th Earl of Sutherland
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Sir Charles Barry

Dunrobin Castle (mostly 1835–1845 — present) is a stately home in Sutherland, in the Highland area of Scotland, as well as the family seat of the Earl of Sutherland, Chief of the Clan Sutherland. It is located one mile (1.5 kilometres) north of Golspie and approximately five miles (eight kilometres) south of Brora, overlooking the Dornoch Firth.

Dunrobin's origins lie in the Middle Ages, but most of the present building and the gardens were added by Sir Charles Barry between 1835 and 1850. Some of the original building is visible in the interior courtyard, despite a number of expansions and alterations that made it the largest house in the north of Scotland. After being used as a boarding school for seven years, it is now open to the public.