Home Farm, Raasay House, Raasay

For James MacLeod, circa 1800; remodelled 1877 for E H Wood by Alexander Ross (see Notes). Large, symmetrical, 13-bay home farm square. Arcaded with clock tower, stable, byre, bothy, dairy, tack-room and workshop ranges grouped around partially cobbled courtyard. Harled rubble with tooled dressings and margins. Slate roofs. Detached, mid 19th century 'top barn' to N and kennel range to NW.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: wide round-arched entrance to centre flanked by single openings to ground and upper floor divided by string courses. Shouldered, pedimented gable rising to CLOCK TOWER: long vents to N and S; shallow corbelling to upper stage; bracketted eaves course raised at centre to accommodate clock faces to N, S E and W elevations; shallow piended platform roof (formerly capped).

Entrance flanked by 5-bay arcades: timber louvred arches to left fronting drying barn (also arcaded to north elevation); arches to right currently blocked, fronting former stables. Slightly advanced, piend-roofed outer bays; former carriage house to outer right.

Bothy and workshop range to N side of courtyard; timber fireplace and recessed presses flanking to W gable; lying-pane glazing to some windows. 2 shallow-arched cart bays to E range facing courtyard with loft above; simple chamfering to byre doorways. Stables converted for cattle use. Vehicular entrance with wrought-iron gates to NW corner of square.

TOP BARN: (Map Ref NG 54930 36512) c. 1856, possibly encorporating 18th century fabric. Long hay threshing barn to N of farm square; dressed, coursed rubble; large area of walling taken up by timber louvring flanking centre door to S elevation, and by wattling to N. Remains of horse walk to N. Piended slate roof.

KENNELS: (Map Ref NG 54915 36536) mid 19th century, long single-storey, rectangular-plan range of kennels to W of Top Barn. 7 segregated runs with cast-iron railings to S; former wash house to outer right with remains of washtub and chimney stack. Piended slate roof.