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Latitude: 58.5568 / 58°33'24"N
Longitude: -3.9077 / 3°54'27"W
OS Eastings: 289099
OS Northings: 964766
OS Grid: NC890647
Mapcode National: GBR J6Q3.NQ0
Mapcode Global: WH49D.Y6C4
Plus Code: 9CCRH34R+PW
Entry Name: Barracks, Bighouse
Listing Name: Bighouse "The Barracks"
Listing Date: 3 August 1977
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 338971
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB7161
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Bighouse, Barracks
ID on this website: 200338971
Location: Farr
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: North, West and Central Sutherland
Parish: Farr
Traditional County: Sutherland
Tagged with: Estate cottage
Dated 1738. Small 2-storey, 3-bay house with well advanced outer bays forming U-plan. Harl pointed rubble, ashlar margins. Centre door masked by corrugated iron porch filling re-entrant bay; further door in centre west (left) bay; rear entrance with flanking windows. Narrow windows, all with chamfered margins, smaller in 1st floor; square off-centre 1st floor window with mould surrounds and dated lintel. 4- and 12- pane glazing. Off centre rear entrance flanked by small windows. Paired ridge stacks; piended slate roof; stone ridge.
Interior: divided as two dwellings; later 19th century pine plank lined walls and small chimneypieces.
Dated lintel appears re-used. Inscribed: "I L MACKAY BIGHOUSE
1738". House probably of slightly later date. Probably
acquired the present title of "The Barracks" if used to
house servants at some time.
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