# Invereck

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Not to be confused with [Inveresk](/source/Inveresk).

**Invereck** is a [Category B listed](/source/Category_B_listed) building in [Sandbank](/source/Sandbank,_Argyll_and_Bute),[1] near [Dunoon](/source/Dunoon), [Argyll and Bute](/source/Argyll_and_Bute), Scotland.[2] Dating to around 1886,[2] it is located near the head of the [Holy Loch](/source/Holy_Loch).

In the first half of the 19th century, Invereck was the summer home of botanist [William Jackson Hooker](/source/William_Jackson_Hooker).[3] "He seems to have devoted special attention to the vegetation of the neighbourhood," wrote John Colegate in 1868. "The result of his inquiries were published in the [Rev. Dr. McKay](/source/Mackintosh_MacKay)'s *Statistical Account of the United Parishes of Dunoon and Kilmun*."[3]

There was a cottage, described by the [Ordnance Survey](/source/Ordnance_Survey) as "small but handsome", on the site of today's building in the mid-19th century. The cottage and its grounds were sold to George Miller in 1872.[2]

The house has been a [Church of Scotland](/source/Church_of_Scotland) Eventide Home since 1946,[4] although it was up for sale in 2020. Prior to that, it is believed to have been used by the [Independent Order of Foresters](/source/Independent_Order_of_Foresters).[2]

## See also

- [List of listed buildings in Dunoon And Kilmun](/source/List_of_listed_buildings_in_Dunoon_And_Kilmun)

## References

1. [Invereck (Church of Scotland T/A Crossreach)](https://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/content/invereck-church-scotland-ta-crossreach) – [Argyll and Bute Council](/source/Argyll_and_Bute_Council)

1. [*Colegate's Guide to Dunoon, Kirn, and Hunter's Quay* (Second edition)](https://play.google.com/store/books/details/John_COLEGATE_Colegate_s_Guide_to_Dunoon_Kirn_and?id=AR5bAAAAcAAJ) – John Colegate (1868), page 35

1. [Invereck](https://housingcare.org/housing-care/facility-info-132378-invereck-dunoon-scotland) – EAC Housing Care

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