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Braehead And Harbour Cottages, Keiss Harbour

A Category B Listed Building in Wick and East Caithness, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 58.5318 / 58°31'54"N

Longitude: -3.117 / 3°7'1"W

OS Eastings: 335053

OS Northings: 960949

OS Grid: ND350609

Mapcode National: GBR L6N5.QTJ

Mapcode Global: WH6D2.2TZB

Plus Code: 9CCRGVJM+P5

Entry Name: Braehead And Harbour Cottages, Keiss Harbour

Listing Name: Keiss Village Braehead, Boatman's Cottage Braehead Cottage and Harbour Cottage

Listing Date: 15 August 1979

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 347355

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB14084

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200347355

Location: Wick

County: Highland

Electoral Ward: Wick and East Caithness

Parish: Wick

Traditional County: Caithness

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Description

Circa 1830. 2-storey terrace 2- and 3-bay cottages following
curve and slope of road. All rubble, tooled rubble dressings.
12-pane glazing; ridge and end stacks; slate roofs.
Boatman's Cottage; 3-bay house with centre door in south
elevation, and with further 2-bay extension at east (formerly
separate 2-bay dwelling); sharply canted narrow single bay at
west and angled gable.
Braehead and Harbour Cottages; pair 2-bay dwellings with
paired centre doors.

Statement of Interest

Sited on cliff top above harbour, which was completed in

1831.

Terrace sympathetically restored circa 1980.

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