Longforgan, Main Street, The Quoins Cottage
Cottage (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Longforgan, Main Street, The Quoins Cottage
Classification Cottage (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 227058
Site Number NO33SW 140
NGR NO 30958 30039
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/227058
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Longforgan (Perth And Kinross)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District City Of Dundee
- Former County Perthshire
Field Visit (15 August 2014)
NO 30950 30038 Part of a group listing of two 18th century semi-detached cottages. The west cottage (Steeple Cottage) has a red tile roof, whilst the east cottage is listed as having, and retains, a thatched roof. The roof has a reed-thatched ridge, which has been scobed using plastic-encased metal wires horizontally and hazel spars diagonally. The ridge has been netted, extending onto the main roof for a few inches, whilst the rest of the thatch has been left uncovered. There is a thin layer of mossy vegetation growth across the surface of the thatch, which is heavier directly below the ridge and down next to the skews.
Visited by Zoe Herbert (SPAB) 15 August 2014, survey no.151
