The Kennels, Post Office, The Poste House, Skeabost Bridge, Skye

The Kennels, also known as The Post Office and The Poste House, is an unusual building located near Skeabost Bridge on the Isle of Skye, roughly midway between Portree and Dunvegan, at the River Snizort crossing where the Struan road intersects. While a precise date of construction is unrecorded, its appearance suggests a late 18th to mid-19th century origin. It is known that MacLeod of Dunvegan established a postal route between Dunvegan, Portree, and the mainland by the mid-18th century, although the exact timing of this river crossing's establishment remains unclear. The presence of a late 18th or early 19th century bridge suggests the change house likely dates from that period or later. The building is said to have functioned as a Post Office from 1855.

Architecturally, it is a two-storey building with a piend roof and a symmetrical front facade featuring five bays, with single bays flanking each side and a pair of identical outshots to the rear. Ridge stacks are positioned over two cross walls. The exterior is constructed of whitewashed rubble with a slate roof, and red ridging tiles, likely added in the late 19th or early 20th century.

The north-facing front elevation has three doors – one central (with an internal stair behind it, likely within a later porch addition) and two flanking either end. Diamond latticed glazing may be original. The lower part of the central first-floor window is partially obscured by the porch. The left-hand first-floor window is blocked, and one ground floor window has been converted into a door. Windows on the flanks are set at a slightly higher level than those on the front and incorporate four-pane sash and case windows. The rear wall maintains symmetry, although some minor alterations are present, with two-storey outshots situated close to the ends. The main roof sweeps over the outshot to the right, with the others likely originally treated similarly. Inside the building, the timber is v-lined. A detached, piend-roofed outbuilding to the rear is possibly original and may have served as stables.