Description

Dated 1738. Small 2-storey, 3-bay house with well advanced outer bays forming U-plan. Harl pointed rubble, ashlar margins. Centre door masked by corrugated iron porch filling re-entrant bay; further door in centre west (left) bay; rear entrance with flanking windows. Narrow windows, all with chamfered margins, smaller in 1st floor; square off-centre 1st floor window with mould surrounds and dated lintel. 4- and 12- pane glazing. Off centre rear entrance flanked by small windows. Paired ridge stacks; piended slate roof; stone ridge.

Interior: divided as two dwellings; later 19th century pine plank lined walls and small chimneypieces.

Statement of Interest

Dated lintel appears re-used. Inscribed: "I L MACKAY BIGHOUSE

1738". House probably of slightly later date. Probably

acquired the present title of "The Barracks" if used to

house servants at some time.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17827879

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)