Barn Cottage, Beechwood Steading, Fodderty

Barn Cottage, part of Beechwood Steading, is a house dating from 1794, with additions made in 1835 and further documented in 1861. The property has two storeys and an attic, arranged in three wide bays. The walls are harled, with ashlar detailing around the openings. The central bay has a gable and an apex chimney, and originally featured a central door, which is now masked by a later projecting gabled porch. The ground floor windows on either side of the porch have been enlarged to create bipartite windows. Two piended dormers light the attic space.

A two-storey, three-bay wing projects from the rear at the northwest, and a single-storey, three-bay cottage extends to the northeast, forming a rear U-shaped courtyard. The windows contain 12, 9 and 4-pane glazing. Corniced stacks are positioned along the ridge and at the ends of the building, and the roof is covered in slate.

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

The steading includes a long stable, a byre, and a gighouse block, all single-storey with a dormer hayloft. These are constructed from whitewashed rubble with a slate roof.

Barn Cottage served as the former Foderty Church of Scotland Parish Manse, replacing an earlier manse that is now Foderty Lodge. The nearby converted former Church of Scotland church (built 1803-7) is now a dwelling called Kilvannie.

References to the property appear in the New Statistical Account of 1845, and in advertisements in the Inverness Courier (April 22, 1835) and Inverness Advertiser (March 30, 1861).