The Clock House, Criagnish Castle

The Clock House at Criagnish Castle is a courtyard block of one-storey farm buildings, dated 1770 and 1890. It features rubble walls with droved dressings, angle margins, and moulded eaves, topped with slate roofs that have skew gables and corbelled chimneys on the outer gables. The symmetrical south front includes pavilion ends and an advanced central bay, which is adorned with an octagonal finial on an incised pedestal from 1890 and a weathervane above. A tall elliptical carriage arch is topped with a pierced quatrefoil. The building has sash windows with raised margins and glazing bars. Behind the outer gables, there are one-storey plus hayloft ranges. On the east side, there is an arched pend featuring an incised keystone dated 1770, attributed to J C and C C. The walls of the north range have distinctive cross-shaped "arrow slits" for ventilation.