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Houth Farmhouse

A Category C Listed Building in Orphir, Orkney Islands

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Coordinates

Latitude: 58.9183 / 58°55'5"N

Longitude: -3.1902 / 3°11'24"W

OS Eastings: 331556

OS Northings: 1004056

OS Grid: HY315040

Mapcode National: GBR L5H5.1B2

Mapcode Global: WH6B8.Z30H

Plus Code: 9CCRWR95+8W

Entry Name: Houth Farmhouse

Listing Name: Howth Farmhouse

Listing Date: 9 December 1977

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 352652

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB18581

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200352652

Location: Orphir

County: Orkney Islands

Electoral Ward: Kirkwall West and Orphir

Parish: Orphir

Traditional County: Orkney

Tagged with: Farmhouse

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Description

c.1725. Traditional. 2-storeys. Harled. Corbie-stepped.
Flagged roof.

Statement of Interest

Seat of Halcros (later Halcro-Moncrieffs) unitl 1889

when it was bequeathed to Indigent Gentlewomen's Fund.

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