Skye, Kyle House

Kyle House, 1798 Georgian tacksman's house in the lush oasis of a mid-20th century woodland garden, built on Macdonald land for John Mackinnon, and very much in keeping with other Skye tacksman's houses of this date. But here, fireplaces are on the internal walls and the roof piended, in the Kintail fashion. On the first floor, above the original kitchen (now dining room), is a coved room with good plasterwork, originally the drawing room. The original dining room (now the drawing room) was on the west side of the central hall and staircase, with two chambers above. Later kitchen extension to north; adjacent late 19th century cottage linked to the north-east corner as a later wing.

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

NG 7452 2648 A watching brief was carried out in April 2004 during the demolition of a mid-19th-century concrete greenhouse and excavation of foundations for a new workshop/store. The foundations were cut into an artificial platform composed of building debris and loose earth dating to the mid-19th century. No significant archaeology was encountered.

Sponsor: Mr Donald Maclennan.

M Wildgoose 2004

NG72NW Grid Ref.: NG74454 26561

Source: O/S 1:10,560 Map, 1966.