Description

Circa 1855.

Shooting Box: single storey, timber, lathed shooting box on island site, circa 4.5m x 20m; timber lined interior with heather insulation; corrugated iron roof over tarred shingle style timber. Principal elevation mirrored about centre with 4 doors each flanked by timber, 2-leaf shuttered window, leading to separate rooms. 2 ridge stacks. Blank end gables. Coombed ceilings to interior (varnished boarding), and plain, painted stone chimneypieces with hood-like, shallow canopies.

Bothy: single storey gabled on shore; rectangular-plan with door and

shuttered window to main elevation; shuttered window to gable end.

Statement of Interest

Duncan Macdonald explains that the bothy and shooting box were built for the 7th Earl of Seafield. The site also previously included a boat

house, coal shed and pier. Apparently the Earl resided at the shooting box for two weeks every September until his death in 1881. Minor repairs were carried out in 1861. The pair are listed for historic interest, as typical of their type in a remote Highland location, and

for the welcome survival of an interesting form of timber construction.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56624403

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)