Nutwood Steading, Strathpeffer

Nutwood Steading in Strathpeffer is an estate steading built around 1870, which has been altered and extended by the time of the 1904 Ordnance Survey second edition map. Parts of the structure have been demolished, but the remaining steading includes an L-plan byre and threshing barn, likely from the same period, situated on a sloping site to the northwest. Attached to the east is a symmetrical block of stables and domestic space, which is probably a slightly later addition. The building is constructed from grey whin rubble with squared and stugged red sandstone dressings featuring chamfered arrises, and it has timber-bracketed overhanging eaves with slated roofs.

The threshing barn is a single-storey structure with a loft, featuring a slated piend roof that has mostly been replaced with corrugated iron on the southern range. There is a slated ridge vent on the slated roof of the northern and northeastern range. In the northern re-entrant angle, there is a circular open rubble-built horse walk, and a powered threshing machine is located within the barn against the northeastern wall of the southern/southwestern range.

The stables and domestic block are also single-storey with a loft, presenting a near-symmetrical eastern elevation. This section has gabled bays with pointed arched glazed attic windows flanking a two-bay center. At the top, there is a central square-plan ridge fleche with timber louvres and a tall slated pyramid roof. The glazing includes a variety of patterns, with earlier timber casement windows featuring eight lying panes on the northeastern gable of the barn, and four-pane sash and case windows on the stables and domestic block to the southeast. Two walls of a roofless block, which was added after 1870, remain standing to wallhead height to the south. A post-1870 block to the west has been demolished, and a modern house has been built on its site, west of the current steading. Additionally, a walled kitchen garden dating from around 1870 defines the enclosed area to the north.