Upper Dounreay Farm Steading

Upper Dounreay Farm Steading dates from around 1840 to 1850. It is a large open square steading range constructed from rubble with tooled rubble dressings. The main northwest front is symmetrical, featuring two storeys and five arcaded bays, with a central gabled bay that includes a hoist loft entrance and outer single-storey wings. A long two-storey barn extends from the rear of the main front, dividing the inner court into two sections. This barn is connected to the back, which includes a range for a threshing mill along with flanking stables and byres. There are entrances to the rear courts on both the right and left sides of the main front block, which has a basket-arched central entrance and similar flanking cart bays, although the extreme left bay is blocked and concealed by modern sliding doors. Additionally, there is a lean-to wheel house at the rear against the northeast elevation of the threshing barn, which was served by a blocked lade. The building features graded Caithness roofs of varying heights.