Description

Circa 1840-50. Large open square steading range; rubble with tooled rubble dressings. Main NW symmetrical 2-storey, 5 arcaded bay front with centre gabled bay with hoist loft entrance and outer single storey wings. Long 2-storey barn projects from rear of main front, dividing inner court in two and linked to back enclosing ranged of threshing mill and flanking stables and byres. Entrances to rear courts right and left of main front block, which has basket arched centre entrance and similar flanking cart bays (blocked at extreme left) all masked by modern sliding doors. Lean-to wheel house to rear against NE elevation of threshing barn, served by (blocked) lade. Graded Caithness roofs of varying heights.

Statement of Interest

Information per present owner. Steading built by Murkle Estate, and is similar to that at West Murkle (Thurso Parish, ND156 695) now much altered.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17829125

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)