Cottage, Beechwood House, Fodderty

Beechwood House is a house dating from 1794, with additions made in 1835 and further noted in 1861. It is a two-storey and attic building with three bays. The house is harled with ashlar margins. The central bay has a gable and a chimney at the apex, with a central door that is now masked by a later projecting gabled porch. The ground floor windows on either side of the porch have been enlarged to create bipartites. There are two piended dormers in the roof. A two-storey, three-bay wing projects rearward to the northwest, and a single-storey, three-bay cottage extends to the northeast, forming a rear U-shaped courtyard. The windows have 12, 9, and 4-pane glazing, while the roof is covered in slate and features corniced ridge and end stacks.

Inside, the stairwell has turned balusters, and there is a wide entrance hall.

A steading complex is located nearby, consisting of a long stable, a byre, and a gighouse block, all single-storey with a dormer hayloft. These buildings are constructed of whitewashed rubble with slate roofs.

Beechwood House served as the Foderty Church of Scotland Parish Manse, replacing the earlier Foderty Lodge, which was also a former manse. A former Church of Scotland church, built between 1803 and 1807, stands nearby; it was converted into a dwelling between 1905 and 1910 and is now known as Kilvannie.

Historical records and advertisements for tenders related to the property appeared in the Inverness Courier in April 1835 and the Inverness Advertiser in March 1861. The New Statistical Account of 1845 provides further detail (page 258).