4 Farm Cottages, Belladrum

This is an early 20th century terrace of six dwellings, likely designed by W.L. Carruthers of Inverness. The cottages are asymmetrical in design and have a white harled exterior. They feature polished ashlar doorpieces, cast as sandstone, with cills and window jambs. The entrances to numbers 1 and 2 are on the east elevation, while numbers 3, 4, 5, and 6 are on the north elevation. Numbers 1 and 6 have small, projecting 2-storey porches at the east and west gables, respectively. Each entrance is round-headed with a shallow concave chamfer, set within a square-headed doorpiece decorated with three small lozenges. The doors are plank, with blacksmith hinges. Number 5 is flanked by single "porthole" windows. The windows are multi-pane casements, with 2, 3, and 4 lights on both the ground and first floors. The wide, gabled end bays project slightly both north and south. Four gabled dormers break the north wallhead, while two weather-boarded dormers are found on the south side and in the east gable of the east porch (number 1). The roof is slate, with tall, white harled corniced stacks. The cottages were reportedly built in 1914. Number 1, with a loft door over the porch, was originally used as a gardener’s bothy. W.L. Carruthers is known to have worked on the now demolished former mansion of Belladrum.