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Halkirk, Parish Church Manse
Manse (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Halkirk, Parish Church Manse
Classification Manse (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Abbey Manse; Halkirk, Braehead, Manse; Halkirk Manse
Canmore ID 143423
Site Number ND15NW 81
NGR ND 13684 59847
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/143423
- Council Highland
- Parish Halkirk
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND15NW 81 13684 59847
Manse [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, July 2010.
Location formerly entered as ND 1368 5988.
It is uncertain at the time of architecture catalogue upgrade exactly which building the following references relate to and also where Braehead is. There is another manse in Halkirk: ND 1324 5851.
REFERENCE - Scottish Record Office
(?) Braehead
[?Halkirk] Estimate of a new house for William Sinclair of Freswick.
Estimate amounts to 120 [pounds] and is accompanied by a sketch of the elevation and floor plan.
Unsigned but address given as Halkirk Manse.
1816 GD 136/874
Braehead. Roofing, joisting and making 6 windows included in a joiner's account for work undertaken for William Sinclair of Freswick's house at Braehead.
1816 GD 136/875/6
Harling, building up windows and work on Kitchen chimney and a gable included in a receipted account from John Whimster, Mason for work on a 'house at the Braehead'.
1819-1820 GD 136/875/12
House
Building Specifications.
Conditions laid down for the building of a house.
George Cousin: Surveyor.
[Mid 19th century] GD 136/360 (Sinclair of Freswick)
The other manse referred to above is shown on the 2nd Edition Caithness XVII (1907) as the Free Presbyterian Manse, but it is not on the 1st edition. See ND15 NW 86 (ND1324 5851), Halkirk Free Presbyterian Church and Manse.
See also ND15NW 88 (ND1282 5949), Halkirk United Free Church Manse.
On this basis, the Braehead entry has been identified with the Parish Church Manse.
Information from RCAHMS (AC), 13 June 2001.
