Description

Late 18th century. Single storey, three-bay cottage with later addition to rear. Rubble, coped skews, reed thatched roof with concrete ridge. Ashlar margins to door and windows. Four-pane sash and case windows. Brick chimney stack on gablehead.

Statement of Interest

Later two-storey house adjoining this cottage to the west.

The previous listed building record (written in 1971) noted that the building had straw thatch at this time. The SPAB survey notes that in 2014 it was thatched with reed and has a concrete ridge.

It is among a relatively small number of traditional buildings with a surviving thatched roof found across Scotland. A Survey of Thatched Buildings in Scotland, published in 2016 by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB), found there were only around 200 buildings of this type remaining, most of which are found in small rural communities. Thatched buildings are often traditionally built, showing distinctive local and regional building methods and materials. Those that survive are important in helping us understand these traditional skills and an earlier way of life.

Listed building record revised in 2019 as part of the Thatched Buildings Listing Review 2017-19.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17846872

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Recommended Books

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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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