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Geanies Point, Geanies House

A Category B Listed Building in Tain and Easter Ross, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.7871 / 57°47'13"N

Longitude: -3.8599 / 3°51'35"W

OS Eastings: 289514

OS Northings: 879019

OS Grid: NH895790

Mapcode National: GBR J8V4.DMD

Mapcode Global: WH4F3.PJ4N

Plus Code: 9C9RQ4PR+V2

Entry Name: Geanies Point, Geanies House

Listing Name: Geanies House Summer House

Listing Date: 25 March 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 347389

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB14106

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Geanies House, Geanies Point

ID on this website: 200347389

Location: Tarbat

County: Highland

Electoral Ward: Tain and Easter Ross

Parish: Tarbat

Traditional County: Ross-shire

Tagged with: Holiday home Summer house

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Description

Circa 1800; hexagonal single storey summer house, harled with
ashlar margins. Entrnce with double panelled doors on landward
side, with large re-used marriage stone as lintel, dated 1760.
3 windows to seaward side checked for external shutters, for
which hooks remain; 12-pane glazing. Small margined wallhead
stack; pyramidal slate roof with ball finial and weathervane.
Short rubble quadrants flank centre seaward bay, with ashlar
copes. Simple plastered interior with moulded fire place with
panelled overmantel. Stone slab floors.

Statement of Interest

Sited in wooded policies on cliff edge. Said to have served as

a light house, but more likely as a lookout and gazebo, and

also said to have been a landmark for shipping before being

masked by trees. Marriage stone dated 1760, has initials

H ML and I F, with centre sun motif and coats of arms.

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