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Cromarty, Church Street, Hugh Miller's Cottage
Cottage (18th Century), House (18th Century), Museum (20th Century)
Site Name Cromarty, Church Street, Hugh Miller's Cottage
Classification Cottage (18th Century), House (18th Century), Museum (20th Century)
Canmore ID 14437
Site Number NH76NE 18
NGR NH 78999 67381
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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Detail of garden
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Interior. Detail of staircase
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Interior. Detail inside chimney flue
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Interior. Detail of upper parlour walling
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Interior. Detail of interpretation room displays
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Interior. Detail of interpretation room displays
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Interior. View of office from NW
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Interior. View of parlour from NE
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Interior. Detail of kitchen fireplace
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Interior. View of bedroom from NW
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Interior. Detail of bedroom fireplace
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Interior. View of interpretation room from NNE
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Interior. Detail of interpretation room displays
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Interior. Detail of interpretation room displays
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Detail of sundial
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View of cobbled yard from S
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Interior. Detail of staircase
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Interior. View of parlour from SW
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Interior. Detail of bedroom fireplace
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Interior. Detail of roof timbers over bedroom
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View of recessed window openings showing slating below the eaves; Hugh Miller's Cottage, Cromarty.
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View from NNW
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Detail of N gable window display
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View of garden from N
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Detail of sundial
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Interior. Detail of staircase
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Interior. View of perlour from NW
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Interior. View of kitchen from NW
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Interior. View of kitchen from NE
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Interior. Detail of roof timbers over bedroom
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Detail of sundial
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Detail of garden
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Interior. View of office from SE
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Interior. View of kitchen from NE
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Interior. Detail of interpretation room, blocked window?
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Interior. Detail of interpretation room displays
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View of crowsteps and thatch from gable end; Hugh Miller's Cottage, Cromarty.
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View of decoration on straw ridge; Hugh Miller's Cottage, Cromarty.
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Hugh Miller's Cottage. General view.
List C Survey
1975
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View from NE
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View from NNE
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Detail of N gable date plaque inscribed " HUGH MILKLER WAS BORN IN THIS HOUSE ON THE10th OCT 1802 AND DIED ON THE 24th DEC 1856"
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View of E side from NNE
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Detail of S gable
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Interior. View of parlour from NE
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Interior. Detail inside chimney flue
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Interior. View of upper parlour from S
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Interior. View of upper parlour from S
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Interior. View of office from SE
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View of 'Jenny's Cottage' from N showing fireplace
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View of garden from S
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Detail of sundial
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Interior. View of office from SE
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Interior. View of office from NW
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Interior. View of staircase from E
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Interior. Detail of wall constuction in parlour
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Interior. Detail of kitchen fireplace
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Interior. View of bedroom from SW
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Interior. Detail of wall niche
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Interior. View of upper parlour from S
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View from NE showing Miller House and adjacent houses
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Detail of N gable window display
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View of E side from SSE
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View of cobbled yard from S
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View of garden from N
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Interior. Detail of staircase
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Interior. View of upper parlour from S
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Interior. View of upper parlour from S
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Interior. View of interpretation room from NNW
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View of 'Jenny's Cottage' from N showing fireplace
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Cromarty, Church Street, Hugh Miller's Cottage View from ENE showing SE and NE fronts of Hugh Miller's Cottage with part of Miller House in background
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
25/3/1980
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South elevation and Section
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Detail of sundial
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Interior. Detail of staircase
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Interior. View of kitchen from NW
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Interior. View of bedroom from NW
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Interior. View of press
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Interior. View of interpretation room from NNW
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View from NE showing Miller House and adjacent houses
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View from NNE
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General view from SE
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Interior. Detail of staircase
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Interior. View of parlour from NE
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Interior. View of parlour from NW
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Interior. Detail of wall constuction in parlour
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Interior. Detail inside chimney flue
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Interior. View of bedroom from NW
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Interior. Detail of wall niche
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Interior. Detail of interpretation room, blocked window?
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View of cobbled yard from N with RCAHMS staff member Mr J Borland surveying the building
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RCAHMS AT WORK Measured survey being carried out of exterior, by John Borland. DIGITAL COPY OF E/9653/CN
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View from NNE
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Detail of N gable window display
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Detail of N gable date plaque inscribed " HUGH MILKLER WAS BORN IN THIS HOUSE ON THE10th OCT 1802 AND DIED ON THE 24th DEC 1856"
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View of E side from SSE
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Interior. View of parlour from NE
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Interior. View of parlour from NW
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Interior. View of upper parlour from N
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Detail of gate
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- Council Highland
- Parish Cromarty
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Non-Guardainship Sites Plan Collection, DC28357- DC28360, 1936 & 1938.
Field Visit (12 July 2015)
NH 79002 67380 Early 18th century two-storey cottage, made famous by being the birthplace of geologist Hugh Miller. The cottage is owned by the National Trust for Scotland and is part of the Hugh Miller’s Birthplace Museum. The building was last re-thatched in 2010, in reed with a straw ridge, by Thatcher Graham Carter. According to NTS literature on display in the building, the roof would have been thatched in turf topped with straw, or in heather. The longevity of the reed is why they chose this material for its last thatching. The straw ridge has been scobed with hazel spars, and extended decoratively below the chimney stack to the north. On the south east (front) elevation the thatch has been sculpted at the eaves above the three first floor window openings, whilst on the north west (rear) elevation there are two recessed window openings within the thatch, below which the roof has been slated to the eaves. The roof has been netted along the ridge only, whilst the rest of the thatch has been left uncovered.
Visited by Zoe Herbert (SPAB) 12 July 2015, survey no.082
