A substantial Victorian manse and service steading combine formal domestic detail with the practical economy of a rural parish house.
Quick facts
- Date
- 1841–42
- Architect / designer
- Designer unrecorded
- Type
- L-plan manse with agricultural steading and gatepiers
- Designation
- Listed building, Category B (LB18457)
- OS grid reference
- NC 59124 56945
Architecture, archaeology and continuing use
The two-storey L-plan house uses crowsteps, diagonal chimney stacks and a bowed entrance porch to enrich its symmetrical principal elevation. A rubble steading, enclosing walls and granite gatepiers preserve the working dependencies of the manse.
Its story
A parish report in 1841 announced the imminent start of a substantial new house, completed the following year. The associated steading later ceased agricultural service and was recorded before renovation and conversion to a dwelling.
Why it is included
The Category B group shows that a Highland manse was both a formal residence and a small working complex, closely connected to the church yet architecturally distinct.
What to notice
- The bowed porch set within the re-entrant angle.
- Diagonal chimney stacks and crowstepped gables.
- The simpler L-plan steading and granite gatepiers.
Reading the surroundings
The former manse and steading are private residences. Do not enter the grounds, drives or outbuildings and avoid photographing occupants at close range.
Timeline
- 1841 The parish account reported that construction of a substantial new manse was about to begin.
- 1842 The house and its working dependencies reached completion.
- 1984 The manse, steading and gatepiers were listed together at Category B.
- 2009 A photographic survey documented the steading before residential renovation.
What we know — and what remains uncertain
Regional records identify the house as Lundies and document conversion of the steading, but current occupancy and internal arrangements are private.
Sources & further reading
- Historic Environment Scotland: Tongue Manse and Steading, LB18457 — Designation status, mapped location, date, fabric and architectural or archaeological interest.
- Highland HER: Steading at Tongue Manse — Regional record of the 1841–42 steading, photographic survey and later conversion to a dwelling.
- National Records of Scotland: Tongue Kirk Session — Archival context for the parish institution that commissioned and occupied the manse.
Location
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