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Latitude: 57.9393 / 57°56'21"N
Longitude: -5.2176 / 5°13'3"W
OS Eastings: 209625
OS Northings: 898979
OS Grid: NH096989
Mapcode National: GBR F7HR.2TP
Mapcode Global: WH188.TPMZ
Plus Code: 9C9PWQQJ+PX
Entry Name: Macleod's House, Isle Martin
Listing Name: Isle Martin, Macleod's House
Listing Date: 18 April 2007
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 399423
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB50859
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200399423
Location: Lochbroom
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh
Parish: Lochbroom
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Early-mid 19th century. Single storey and attic 3-bay traditional Highland house with gabled dormers breaking wallhead. White harled masonry. Symmetrical E (entrance) elevation with door to centre. Single deep set opening to centre of W (rear) elevation. Small lean-to addition to N.
4-pane glazing set in timber sash and case windows. Welsh slate. Coped gable stacks.
INTERIOR: tongue and groove panelling to walls and ceilings of ground floor rooms.
MacLeod's House is one of the few buildings of any size on Isle Martin. It is notable for its traditional character, displayed through its symmetrical principal frontage with gablehead dormers and the use of traditional materials; harled masonry, timber and slate. The rear elevation is notable for its unaltered lack of fenestration. It is likely that the glazing pattern was altered at some stage with the insertion of larger windows to the front elevation and that the rear window is the last to keep its original size. The exact date of the house is uncertain but it appears on the 1st Edition Ordnance Survey map of 1875.
Isle Martin had a long history of settlement, as is shown by the presence of 8th century gravestones. From the late 18th century the island was a centre for herring curing, established by a Liverpool merchant, John Woodhouse. However the industry declined in the 19th century and in 1901 the island had a population of 33. The fishing station was converted into a flour mill in the 1930s but closed shortly after World War II.
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