The Orde Of Greshornish, Greshornish, Skye

The Orde of Greshornish is a mid-to-late 18th century house, with a mid-19th century single-storey service wing. It is a symmetrical, two-storey, three-bay structure, representing an excellent restoration of a small laird’s house that demonstrates mainland architectural influences on Skye. The main house is built of harled rubble, with modern 12-pane sash and case windows set into shallow stone cills. The left gable retains original window openings to the first floor and attic. A three-light window on the ground floor is a modern replacement for a 20th-century opening. The right gable has a single window at ground level on the right and a small attic window. The rear elevation features a central ground-floor window, a pair of windows on the first floor, and a third window obscured by the service wing. Chimneys rise from the gable heads, topped with a stone slab cornice and cope. A modern slate roof completes the structure.

The single-storey service wing sits on a slope with a stepped roof. The elevation facing the drive is two bays wide, with two sash and case windows (with lying panes) in the lower section and a two-leaf door in the higher section. An end gable incorporates a broad chimney stack and a later slated lean-to extension. The garden front shows a recently inserted tall arched window in the upper section, alongside a doorway and window in the lower section.

Inside the service wing, one fireplace has a rubble arch over the hearth. The right-hand ground floor fireplace has a dressed stone surround and a relocated, moulded mantel. Interior woodwork throughout the house has been replaced. The building was converted to stables in the late 19th century and was derelict when restoration work began around 1985, guided by a survey by architectural historian David Roberts.