A low rubble range on the green preserves the thick walls and long plan of an early combined house and byre.
Quick facts
- Date
- Possibly early eighteenth century; nineteenth-century changes; converted in the late 1990s
- Architect / designer
- Designer and builders not recorded
- Type
- Former dwelling-and-byre range converted to a house
- Designation
- Listed building, Category C (LB6359)
- OS grid reference
- NT 62847 24611
Architecture and continuing use
The single-storey building stands on a boulder base and is built in thick random rubble. Its steep roof, broad rear gable, blocked openings and reused dressed stones reveal repeated adjustment of an economical vernacular structure.
Its story
The range may date from the early eighteenth century and was probably once thatched. Later window enlargement and height changes adapted it, while nineteenth-century mapping associated it with a nearby smithy. Conversion in the late 1990s brought the former dwelling, store and garage into one house.
Why it is included
Category C listing recognises a scarce early survival at the centre of the village and evidence for domestic, agricultural and craft activity beside the green.
What to notice
- The boulder base beneath the rubble walls.
- Blocked and enlarged openings from successive uses.
- The steep roof line suggesting an earlier thatched form.
Reading the surroundings
This is a private home. View only from public space without entering the garden, looking through windows or obstructing neighbouring properties.
Timeline
- Early 1700s The combined dwelling and byre may have been built.
- 1897 Mapping linked the range with a smithy complex.
- Late 1990s The former mixed-use range became a single house.
- 2022 The national record was revised to clarify its identity.
What we know — and what remains uncertain
The early-eighteenth-century date and original thatch are probable, not documented certainties; the interior is not publicly accessible.
Sources & further reading
- Historic Environment Scotland: The Longhouse, LB6359 — Current designation status, mapped location, date, fabric and architectural or archaeological interest.
- Trove designation: LB6359 — Parallel national record identity and archival context.
Location
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