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Garden House, Bighouse

A Category A Listed Building in North, West and Central Sutherland, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 58.5574 / 58°33'26"N

Longitude: -3.906 / 3°54'21"W

OS Eastings: 289201

OS Northings: 964831

OS Grid: NC892648

Mapcode National: GBR J6Q3.HKB

Mapcode Global: WH49D.Z55P

Plus Code: 9CCRH34V+XJ

Entry Name: Garden House, Bighouse

Listing Name: Bighouse, Garden Pavilion and Walled Garden

Listing Date: 3 August 1977

Category: A

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 338969

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB7160

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200338969

Location: Farr

County: Highland

Electoral Ward: North, West and Central Sutherland

Parish: Farr

Traditional County: Sutherland

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Description

Garden pavilion; mid-18th century, small square 2-storey, 3-bay garden pavilion. Harl pointed rubble, polished ashlar dressings and margins.

West facing front facade with centre door and small margined flanking windows; similarly detailed taller windows in 1st floor outer bays; 9- and 12-pane glazing. Ashlar quoins; eaves band; tall centre margined and corniced wallhead stack; fluted end dies with ball finials; pyramidal slate roof with salmon weather-vane (carved wood salmon) 1st floor door in south gable reached by forestair (masked from front view by garden wall); both door and centre 1st floor window blocked; small lean-to at rear (east), corniced wallhead rear stack.

Interior; bolection moulded chimneypiece in ground floor chamber; interior gutted.

Walled garden; high coped rubble garden walls flank pavilion; pair mid 18th century square chanelled ashlar gate piers, with cornice and square cap, in centre of west wall, opposite pavilion. Pair plain cast-iron gates.

Statement of Interest

Gate piers aligned with pair in east wall close to mansion.

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