Gesto House
Date 25 May 1990
Event ID 900151
Category Management
Type Site Management
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/900151
2 storey and attic house, 3 wide bays with centre door and centre chimneyed gablet. Roughly coursed rubble, some harling, ashlar dressings. Large projecting roofless square porch to entrance; tall 1st floor windows; ornate floreated skewputts to gablet. Wing to rear. Roofless and gutted. Gablet chimney and fireplace added early 20th century (per Dr D Roberts, Orbost and local mason). Despite its ruined state this building is of considerable interest. (Historic Scotland).
Former tacksman's house, the central core of which may date from circa 1760, extended to the rear in the mid-late 19th century. The house rises to 2 storeys with attic and extends to 3 bays in roughly coursed rubble with ashlar dressings. It features a central chimneyed gablet with ornate floreated skewputts and decorative hooked kneelers. A large projecting square porch frames the central entrance, whilst a wing projects to the rear. Both are 19th century additions. The Macleods of Gesto were the oldest cadet branch of the Macleods of Harris and Dunvegan and settled here in 1425. The interior once boasted a Japanese style drawing room. (Dean & Miers)
