View of S cottage from S Digital image of D 3068

Description View of S cottage from S Digital image of D 3068

Date 9/10/1996

Collection Scottish Farm Buildings Survey

Catalogue Number SC 738248

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 3068

Scope and Content South Cottage, Kilmote Farm, Highland Kilmote Farm and steading was built on the huge Sutherland estate, which, by 1873 comprised almost 1.3m acres, more than 90% of the county. The house at Kilmote is dated 1767 while the steading dates from the 19th century when a great deal of money was being spent on 'improvements' to the estate. This is South Cottage viewed from the south. It was one of three stone-built cottages built for workers on the farm. This one dating from 1869 is situated to the south-east of the steading. The half-storey has three skylights built into the slate roof. Note the brick-built toilet added onto the south-west gable at a later date. There is also a dairy built onto the north-west side of the cottage (out of sight). The buildings were derelict and slightly ruinous when this photograph was taken in 1996. A good record of the upkeep of the farm is contained in Golspie Estate Office. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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