View of roof ridge around chimney stack; Laidhay Croft Museum.
DP 241159
Description View of roof ridge around chimney stack; Laidhay Croft Museum.
Date 12/7/2015
Collection Records of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, London, England
Catalogue Number DP 241159
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Early to mid 19th century ‘croft house of long-house type’, currently in use as a museum, which according to the listing description was ‘established and furnished as Caithness Croft Museum circa 1976’. According to the listing, the building is thatched in rush. It has a continuous thatched ridge and the entire roof has been netted, including across the ridge. The netting is weighted along the eaves with long slabs of stone and concrete, which have been secured to the netting with string and wire. At the gables, the netting has been fixed into the gable wall with metal pegs, and stones have been hung from the netting in places for additional weighting. The building has two chimney stacks along the ridge, around the base of which has been placed tiles of what appears to be turf that is held in place by the netting. There is some minor weed growth on the surface of the thatch in places, but otherwise the roof is in a well-maintained condition.
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