Auchtertyre House
Farmhouse (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Auchtertyre House
Classification Farmhouse (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Auchtertyre Farm
Canmore ID 275669
Site Number NG82NW 63
NGR NG 83654 27619
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/275669
- Council Highland
- Parish Lochalsh
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Auchtertyre House, 18th century Tacksman's house which played host to James Hogg in 1803, reached by a short tree-lined avenue; later window enlargements and dormers. Coll Macdonell, 4th of Barrisdale, moved here from Loch Hourn c.1790 and spent £700 erecting the fine set of farm buildings that survive here today, albeit in a somewhat dilapidated state. The cruck-framed barn (presumably originally thatched) is of the traditional Lochalsh/Kintail style, with louvred ventilation panels and rounded corners.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
