Parting shot

摘要

The village of Fortingall is the supreme achievement of the architect James MacLaren and one of the most important examples of Arts & Crafts architecture in Scotland. MacLaren studied architecture in Glasgow before moving to London to practise. Here he joined the Art Workers' Guild with Voysey, Lethaby and other leading Arts & Crafts architects. In the late 1880s he received an important commission from shipping magnate Sir Donald Currie, who had acquired the estate of Glenlyon including Fortingall. MacLaren was to transform the dilapidated collection of long houses into a model village.