Description

Mid to late 19th century. Simple 2-storey, 3-bay farmhouse with 3-bay single storey wing to left and gabled single storey and loft U-plan steading immediately to N; in rural isolation and forming a distinctive group in the landscape. Currently (2005) in state of disrepair. Large granite rubble blocks, remains of harl to house. Farmhouse has central slated gabled entrance porch to S (principal elevation). Lean-to and single storey projecting wing to rear.

FURTHER DESCRIPTION: symmetrical S elevation to steading with open court with central coped midden wall section. Loft openings in gables.

No glazing remaining. Some timber astragals to single extension showing pattern of 8-pane lying pane windows. Some for 4-pane sash and case to house. Others boarded. Grey slates. Thackstones. Gable stacks.

Corrugated aluminium roof to steading, some boarded timber doors.

INTERIOR: not fully seen at time of visit, but containing Y shaped staircase to upper floors (2005).

Statement of Interest

This unaltered farmhouse and its associated steading form a particularly arresting and distinctive group in the landscape. Although built in a simple, traditional style, the farmhouse in particular is set apart from other farms in the area by its large size. It has a carefully proportioned principal elevation with distinctive wide bays, typical of earlier farmhouses of this type. The central part of this steading was used as a yard and the wall (possibly now incomplete) would have been part of the midden.

Tullochmaccarick was once surrounded by other farmhouses in a well-populated glen, but these have now disappeared or been left to fall into disrepair and this farm is a rare surviving building in this area.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77779911

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Care and Repair
• 
  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
• 
  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)