3 Farm Cottages, Belladrum

These are early 20th century farm cottages, likely designed by W.L. Carruthers of Inverness. They form an asymmetrical terrace of six dwellings. The cottages are white-harled with polished ashlar doorpieces appearing as sandstone ashlar, used for cills and window jambs. Doorways are situated in the east and north elevations. Numbers 1 and 2 have entrances in the east elevation, while numbers 3, 4, 5, and 6 are in the north elevation. Numbers 1 and 6 feature single-bay, two-storey porches projecting from the east and west gables, respectively. The doorways have round-headed arches, set within square-headed, corniced ashlar doorpieces, each decorated with three small lozenges. They have plank doors with blacksmith hinges; number 5 is flanked by single “porthole” windows. The windows are multi-pane casements, two, three, and four lights, on both the ground and first floors. Wide gabled end bays project slightly to the north and south. Four gabled dormers break the north wallhead, while two weather-boarded dormers are on the south elevation, with a loft door over the porch of number 1. Tall, white-harled corniced stacks rise from the roof, which is slate. It is believed the cottages were constructed in 1914 and number 1, with a loft door above the porch, originally served as a gardener’s bothy. W.L. Carruthers is known for his work on the former Belladrum mansion (now demolished).