Lloyd's Signal Station: Cottages, , Cape Wrath

The Lloyd's Signal Station complex, established between approximately 1894 and 1930 by Lloyd’s of London Marine and Commercial Insurers, comprises a signal hut, staff accommodation cottages designed by David A Stevenson, and an outbuilding, all set within a remote coastal landscape and in varying states of disrepair as of 2013. The complex consists of three rectangular single-story buildings of differing sizes but similar construction. The buildings are constructed of roughly tooled and droved, squared and coursed stone, with a base course, brick window surrounds, and concrete render. Stone and brick stacks are present, some with remnants of clay cans.

The Admiralty and Lloyd's Signal Hut dates from approximately 1894 and is located 15 meters north of the cottages and outbuilding. It is now ruinous and in poor condition, with a collapsed roof. It's a single-story, three-bay, rectangular plan building with a gabled form, lacking skew ornamentation. The exterior is of coursed rubble with cement render, while the interior walls are brick-lined. Openings are present in the southwest, northeast, and northwest gable ends. Evidence of former slate damp proof coursing remains. No interior features survive, and a later stone and concrete observation platform with an iron ladder is attached to the building, also in poor condition. A stone lean-to with a door and window is attached to the southeast side.

The staff cottages, built in 1903 by David A Stevenson, form a three-bay, single-story, flat-roofed terrace facing northwest. Small, flat-roofed projections to the rear (southeast) of each cottage served as entrances, and are now roofless. The cottages are of rendered coursed rubble construction, with ashlar quoins, stone copes, and a slate damp proof course. Windows have stone cills and brick surrounds. The rear (southeast) elevation has regular fenestration arranged 3-3-3. A concrete hardstanding is present, and there are five tall, coped square-plan stacks, some retaining clay cans. All openings are currently boarded up.

The outbuilding, likely dating from circa 1930, was possibly a former laundry and store, and stands adjacent to the cottages. It’s a single-story, three-bay building with a projecting central bay, of rectangular plan and similar construction to the cottages. It has door and window openings facing southwest, and one brick stack. No interior features survive. The building is in ruinous condition with partial collapse at the south corner.