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Borgie House, Castleton

A Category C Listed Building in Thurso and Northwest Caithness, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 58.5851 / 58°35'6"N

Longitude: -3.3904 / 3°23'25"W

OS Eastings: 319262

OS Northings: 967186

OS Grid: ND192671

Mapcode National: GBR K6Z1.CN6

Mapcode Global: WH6CQ.WGQX

Plus Code: 9CCRHJP5+3V

Entry Name: Borgie House, Castleton

Listing Name: Castletown Borgie House

Listing Date: 28 November 1984

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 347262

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB14009

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200347262

Location: Olrig

County: Highland

Electoral Ward: Thurso and Northwest Caithness

Parish: Olrig

Traditional County: Caithness

Tagged with: Manse

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Description

1860-70. 2-storey house with asymmetrical 3-bay east
entrance front. All local rubble, with contrasting tooled
ashlar dressings.
Advanced centre gabled bay with gabled entrance porch in
south re-entrant angle. Symmetrical 2-bay gabled south front.
Taller ground floor windows; 12-pane glazing; triangular
skewputts with trefoil detailing; stone apex finials; coped
ridge and end stacks; slate roofs with stone ridges.
Service wing extends at north gable.

Statement of Interest

Former Parish Manse. Appears on 1st ed. OS, 1872.

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