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Latitude: 57.685 / 57°41'5"N
Longitude: -5.438 / 5°26'16"W
OS Eastings: 195148
OS Northings: 871324
OS Grid: NG951713
Mapcode National: GBR D8YD.XKB
Mapcode Global: WH08D.F3QG
Plus Code: 9C9PMHM6+XR
Entry Name: Watch House, Letterewe House
Listing Name: Letterewe Watch House (Now Garden Store).
Listing Date: 31 August 1983
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 339887
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB7891
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Letterewe House, Watch House
ID on this website: 200339887
Location: Gairloch
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh
Parish: Gairloch
Traditional County: Ross-shire
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Late 18th/early 19th century, small single storey octagonal
harled rubble watch house, ashlar dressings. Entrances in
west; small corbelled bowed oriel windows in south and east
facets, each with moulded lintel, 18-pane bowed glazing and
with centre pane projected from frame to accommodate lantern
light. Moulded wallhead cornice; pyramidal slate roof rising
from inner edge of wallhead.
Watch house situated by pier overlooking Loch Maree and
Letterewe landing place on southern shore. Very unusual
survival. Building now serves as garden store. Letterewe House
and estate buildings date from 18th cent. with many
subsequent additions and alterations.
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