Beechwood, Fodderty

Beechwood is a house dating from 1794, with additions made in 1835 and further noted in 1861. It is a two-storey and attic, three-bay structure. The walls are harled with ashlar margins. The central bay has a gable and a chimney at its apex, with a central doorway that is now masked by a later, projecting gabled porch. The ground floor windows on either side of the central bay have been widened into bipartites. There are two piended dormers in the roof. A two-storey, three-bay wing projects to the rear, to the northwest, and a single-storey, three-bay cottage extends to the northeast, forming a rear U-shaped court. The windows have 12, 9, and 4-pane glazing. Corniced stacks are at the ridge and ends of the roof, which is covered in slate.

The interior features a stairwell with turned balusters and a wide entrance hall.

A steading complex consists of a long stable, a byre, and a gighouse block, all single-storey with a dormered hayloft. These buildings are constructed of whitewashed rubble with slate roofing.

Beechwood served as the former manse for the Church of Scotland parish, replacing the earlier Foderty Lodge, which was also a manse. Nearby stands a former Church of Scotland church, built in 1803-7 and converted into a dwelling between 1905 and 1910, now named Kilvannie.

References to Beechwood appear in the New Statistical Account of 1845, and in advertisements in the Inverness Courier from 1835 and the Inverness Advertiser from 1861.