Description

Mid-18th century, 2-storey and attic, symmetrical 5-bay
house. Harled, painted reveals, ashlar margins and dressings.
Centre pedimented and keystoned doorpiece with long and
short detailing to jambs masked by modern flat roofed
glazed porch. Centre bay rises into shaped attic pediment,
with keystoned round-headed window with blocked imposts and
centre apex stack. Outer windows slightly paired (right of
centre door, ground floor window blind). 2 ground, 1 1st
floor window in east gable, 1 ground and 1 1st floor in
west; paired attic windows in both gables; 8-pane glazing.
Chamfered ashlar quoins; moulded eaves cornice; diminutive
scroll skewputts to rear; panelled end stacks; slurried
Caithness slate roof. Rear projecting gabled stairwell
rises to ridge height with later flanking single storey wings
with cat-slide roofs.
Interior; scale and plat staircase framed by round-headed
keystoned pair arches (right arch leads to rear passage) in
entrance hall.

Statement of Interest

Patrick Mowat "as of Swinzie" in 1638. Swiney purchased

by Charles Gordon of Swiney (formerly of Pulrossie, Creich,

Sutherland from Patrick Sinclair Sutherland for $5,500 (no

date given by J Henderson.)

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17827431

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)