Cuither House

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Cuither House , also Cuidhir House or Cuier House , is a former rectory on the Scottish Hebridean island of Barra . In 1971 the building was added to the Scottish List of Monuments in Category B.

history

The building is located in a small scattered settlement in the north-west of Barra off the A888 , the main road on the island. It was available to the pastor of the Barra Parish Church to the east . Cuither House probably came from a design by the architect John Loban from Stornoway , who was sent to Barra in 1816 to assess the situation of the rectory there. The building was renovated in the late 19th century. In this context, dormers were added and the entrance area revised.

description

Stylistically, the symmetrically constructed Cuither House can be assigned to Georgian architecture . It consists of a two-story, west-facing main building with one-story wings on both sides. The entrance area emerges in a short part of the building with a hipped roof in the middle from the front. The surrounding lattice windows are arranged on three vertical axes over the Harl- plastered facade. The building ends with a slate-covered gable roof with chimneys on the gable surfaces. Two hipped dormers point to the front. At the back there is a stair tower in the middle.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ Entry on Cuither House  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)

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Coordinates: 57 ° 0 ′ 10.9 ″  N , 7 ° 29 ′ 23.5 ″  W.