4. Would Andrew Carnegie's purchase and renovation of Skibo Castle have been good or bad to

the local people of Dornoch Firth, Scotland? Explain?

In 1745, Robert Gray handed over the estate. It was later bought by a relative who built a modern house before 1760. His property has changed frequently until 1872, when it was bought by Evan Charles Sutherland-Walker, who extended the house and improved the same land. However, the state of the building had been reduced in 1897, when wealthy industrialist Andrew Carnegie had a one-year lease, with a purchase option. In 1898 he exercised that option of £ 85,000. However, his condition had decreased so much by this time that an additional £ 2 million was spent on improvements, including an area increase of 16,000 square feet (1,500 m 2) to more than 60,000 square feet (5,600 m 2), In addition to the creation of Loch Ospisdale, an indoor swimming pavilion and a 9-hole golf course. Carnegie employed Alexander Ross of Inverness to carry out major improvement works that include complete electrical services served by a private plant.