The Red House, Strathpeffer

The Red House comprises a pair of semi-detached houses built in the late 19th century in a distinctive Deveyesque style. The asymmetrical design features a three-bay, south-facing gabled frontage, with two storeys. The ground floor is constructed of grey bullfaced rubble, with alternating bands of plain and fish-scale red tile cladding the first floor. The principal gables are paired, displaying large three-light windows on the ground floor and canopied two-light windows above. A slightly projecting, smaller gabled bay is located to the south-east, while a further gabled wing extends to the north-west. The entrance to the western house is situated in the re-entrant angle, while the entrance to the eastern half is on the east front. Decorative stained glass features in the upper window lights. The rear has original red chimney cans atop the wallhead stacks. The roof is slate, with decorative tiled cresting and finials. The tile-hanging is unusual for Scotland and evokes the architectural style of south-east England, drawing on the work of George Devey (1820-86). The houses do not appear on the first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1876.