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Watten Mains

A Category B Listed Building in Watten, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 58.4872 / 58°29'13"N

Longitude: -3.2844 / 3°17'3"W

OS Eastings: 325215

OS Northings: 956154

OS Grid: ND252561

Mapcode National: GBR L689.660

Mapcode Global: WH6D5.JY71

Plus Code: 9CCRFPP8+V7

Entry Name: Watten Mains

Listing Name: Watten Mains

Listing Date: 13 April 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 348472

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB14979

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200348472

Location: Watten

County: Highland

Electoral Ward: Wick and East Caithness

Parish: Watten

Traditional County: Caithness

Tagged with: Farmhouse

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Description

Dated 1763. Two-storey and attic, 3-bay house with symmetrical
south facing front; all harled with contrasting painted ashlar
margins. Centre door with plain fanlight; centre gablet with
small attic window with round-headed dated pediment and apex
stack; 2 later 19th canted dormers; 12-pane glazing. Irregular
single storey and attic wing to rear with projecting porch at
east; mainly lying-pane glazing. Corniced end stacks; West
Highland slate roof, Caithness slates to rear.

Statement of Interest

"Mains of Watten.. improved by the late Sir Robert Anstruther

about fifty years ago" (1840).

Dated pediment initialled

RMS

17 IS 63

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