Cottage, Thorntonloch

This is a probable 17th-century cottage complex located at Thorntonloch. It originally consisted of a detached ingleneuk, which was formerly adjoined to a two-story house. The complex is now linked to a single-story gabled cottage, which may be a remnant of the earlier house. The buildings are constructed of random rubble with some beach boulders.

The ingleneuk projects 8 feet from the cottage and measures approximately 11 feet wide and 20 feet high, topped with rounded stone slabs. It is coped and has battered sides on the north, south, and west. There is a doorway with timber margins on the north return, and a low former aperture is visible on the outer east side.

The first cottage is adjoined to the west side of the ingleneuk and is built of random rubble, formerly rendered. It has an enlarged opening to the right, with a surviving molded jamb. A blocked doorway is located to the left of the enlarged opening. The cottage has a corrugated iron roof and brick gable end stacks and currently serves as a store.

A further cottage adjoins the first cottage at a right angle in the northwest corner. It has a piend roof covered in pantiles and four openings to the north, with a doorway in the outer left position. Rubble retaining walls are adjoined to the north and west of this cottage.

The ingleneuk originally served as the chimney for a single-story cottage. The architectural historian Dr J S Richardson compared it to a similar ingleneuk at Auldhame (now demolished). A coastal scene painting by Alexander Carse, identified by Dr John Shaw, depicts the ingleneuk house at Thorntonloch.