Description

Later 19th century traditional Skye crofthouse. Single storey, two bays wide. Right bay (north) house of single chamber, left entrance to former byre. Internal doorway between chamber and byre. No windows; small metal ridge chimney. The roof is piended and thatched in either rush or marram and is netted with the netting weighted by stones.

Interior: half sawn planking partition between room and byre; centre hearth to room, with crook over. Earth floor. Byre has pebble floor and small vent at wallhead level.

In accordance with Section 1 (4A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 the following are excluded from the listing: remains of the later 20th century Still House to west.

Statement of Interest

The former croft house became a museum in 1969.

It is among a relatively small number of traditional buildings with a surviving thatched roof found across Scotland. A Survey of Thatched Buildings in Scotland, published in 2016 by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB), found there were only around 200 buildings of this type remaining, most of which are found in small rural communities. Thatched buildings are often traditionally built, showing distinctive local and regional building methods and materials. Those that survive are important in helping us understand these traditional skills and an earlier way of life.

In accordance with Section 1 (4A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 the following are excluded from the listing: remains of the later 20th century Still House to west.

Statutory address and listed building record revised in 2020. Previously listed as '1 Colbost, House and Former Still House now Croft Museum'.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17827409

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)