87 Horogh

No 87 Horve (Horogh), later 19th century Felt-roofed fisherman's cottage with battered walls, a rare survival marooned among council housing. Originally thatched, its small windows have painted reveals for extra light. Owing to the relative prosperity of the herring boom, Barra is not littered, as the Uists are, with ruins of later 19th-century thatched dwellings. Instead, the blackhouses described in 1840 as 'of a most miserable description' were replaced relatively early on with a colourful variety of 'improved' dwellings, some with corrugated iron walls between stone gables. Regrettably, many of these now lie abandoned.

Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk

Probably 19th century (built before 1878). Single storey 3-bay Hebridean-type cottage. Central door on north west elevation; 4-pane sashes; 3 windows to rear. Rubble-built slightly battered walls with curved angles; painted reveals piended tarred felt roof (originally thatched) set back traditionally to inner face of wallhead. (Historic Scotland)