View of doorway with deteriorating thatch; Sandaig, Tiree.

Description View of doorway with deteriorating thatch; Sandaig, Tiree.

Date 28/8/2014

Collection Records of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, London, England

Catalogue Number DP 240712

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content 19th century cottage with adjoining barn and byre to the north. All three buildings were listed in 1981 as having piended thatched roofs, as part of a group listing with another cottage to the south. This cottage is the northern most in a row of three traditional cottages, all originally, and at the time of listing, with thatched roofs (the central cottage is now a ruin and the southern cottage has a tar felt roof). The cottage, barn and byre are in a derelict condition and the thatched roofs have deteriorated significantly. The roofs are thatched in marram and appear to have had continous marram ridges, though this has been lost in most places. There is visible evidence of having been netted, though, due to the overgrown nature of the turf upon the wallheads, no weighting devices can be seen to be holding the netting in place. There are large holes in the thatch, with much of the marram missing, exposing the turf underlay and the interior of the building. The cottage, barn and byre have been on the Buildings at Risk (BAR) Register since 2012 (BAR reference number 5408), at which time the roof was also recorded as having ‘holes on their west facing thatched roofs’ and being ‘currently disused’. According to BAR notes, the building was last in use as a museum and by 2012 full Planning Permission and Listed Building Consent were being sought to change the use to two dwellings and a store. The current status of these applications are unknown.

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