Georgian house with panoramic view over the Dornoch Firth

I first noticed The Grove, Tain, in the Buildings at Risk Register. This was the only photograph that was included with the register:

In doing further research I discovered that The Grove had been repeatedly set on fire:

This was The Grove in its hey-dey :

Tain & District Museum [historical note on The Grove]:

The Ordnance Survey map of 1875:

The back door of The Grove [CANMORE archive]:

February 1871:

February 1879:

Robert and Mary Murray, The Grove, Tain:

May 1903:

April 1911:

February 1918:

October 1933:

November 1954:

June 1966:

September 1967:

May 1971:

July 1975:

April 1982:

November 1986:

June 1992:

May 2011, The Grove is still roofed:

March 2023:

May 2025, the last days of The Grove:

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