Description

Early 19th century, 2-storey, west facing U-plan court,
with boiling house to north (left), twin ice houses in
east range and 4-bay dwelling house south (right);
additional 2-storey, 2-bay wing to dwelling house
projecting south with later main entrance masked by modern
glazed sunparlour. All rubble with tooled ashlar
dressings.
Rear (east) range of courtyard abuts hillside into which
both ice houses are built, with rear chutes and turf roofs
(now covered with corrugated iron) and access to ice
houses in court through 2 segmental headed arches.
Court closed by high coped rubble wall with pair square
dressed rubble gate piers with square caps.
Off centre side entrance to house at right of court with
small modern lean-to porch; 2 ground and 1st floor
windows in west gable (1 1st floor blind); mainly
12-pane glazing; end and ridge stacks; large lateral
stack in north wall serving boiling house; slate roof.
Ridge windvane with salmon at centre east courtyard range.

Statement of Interest

Sited at confluence of Shin and Oykel rivers; long ramp

leads directly from courtyard to river band. Salmon

par-boiled before dispatch by sea, and later by rail, to

south. Salmon fishings of Shin River established by 1791.

"Very valuable", (c.1858).

Unusually complete salmon station complex. Mr. Anderson,

brother of James Anderson who developed the Rispond,

Durness, fishings, was overseer of "Invershin fishings"

before 1813.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17825597

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Recommended Books

• 
  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback