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Latitude: 58.5349 / 58°32'5"N
Longitude: -3.4995 / 3°29'58"W
OS Eastings: 312791
OS Northings: 961726
OS Grid: ND127617
Mapcode National: GBR K6Q5.9PX
Mapcode Global: WH5BR.6QTY
Plus Code: 9CCRGGM2+W5
Entry Name: House, Skinnet Farm
Listing Name: Skinnet House
Listing Date: 28 November 1984
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 343296
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB10812
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Skinnet Farm, House
ID on this website: 200343296
Location: Halkirk
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Thurso and Northwest Caithness
Parish: Halkirk
Traditional County: Caithness
Tagged with: Farmhouse
Later 18th century, east facing symmetrical 2-storey, 3-bay
house with flanking single storey, 2-bay wings and symmetrical
rear elevation. All harled rubble. Slightly advanced and
pedimented centre bay with diminutive centre attic window
and centre door. Flanking wings have slightly advanced and
pedimented outer bays, with later lean-to against south gable. Symmetrical rear elevation with full width catslide roof,
centre stair window close under wallhead and small piended
dormers in outer bays. Mainly 12-pane glazing; corniced end
stacks, renewed at south; Caithness slate roof.
Low, roughly coped, rubble garden wall.
Before Reformation and for sometime after, Skinnet was a
separate parish from Halkirk. The remains of the chapel of St
Thomas are NE of house (Chapel is Scheduled Monument) House no
longer inhabited and in poor state of repair (1982).
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