Black Dwarf's Cottage
Cottage (19th Century)
Site Name Black Dwarf's Cottage
Classification Cottage (19th Century)
Canmore ID 51340
Site Number NT23NW 66
NGR NT 21196 37072
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/51340
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Manor
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT23NW 66 21196 37072
Black Dwarf's Cottage stands on Woodhouse Farm, c. 1 mile SW of Kirkton of Manor, and is oblong in plan, measuring 23'8" overall N-S by 18'1". The building is single-storeyed and the masonry is whinstone rubble incorporating dressings of red sandstone; the roof was originally thatched. A later cottage extends southwards beyond the south gable wall of the original building. A small doorway on the E side has a stone inscribed DR 1802 above it.
The cottage was built by Sir James Naesmyth of Posso for David Ritchie, the cripple portrayed in Sir Walter Scott's novel 'The Black Dwarf'. Ritchie lived at Woodhouse from about 1762 until his death in 1811. RCAHMS 1967, visited 1962
Cottage confirmed.
Visited by OS 23 June 1971.
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding building.
Information from Scottish Borders Council.
