Scarista House, Harris

Scarista House, built in 1827 as a parish manse, features a symmetrical two-storey front with three bays and a central wallhead attic gable, flanked by low piended wings. The exterior is white-harled with contrasting margins and has small-paned glazing throughout, primarily consisting of 12-pane sash and case windows, including an attic light and windows in the right-hand wing. The roofs are slate, except for the left-hand wing, which appears altered with one window blocked and a single window featuring a horizontal glazing pattern. Gable-head stacks are present throughout the structure. The central porch is likely not original.

The large rear wing presents some intrigue; its windows are generally smaller and less numerous in relation to the wall area, and they lack margins, suggesting an earlier construction date. However, it could also be a post-1827 addition, as a wall-head gable on the southwest flank wall aligns with the wide bay spacing, indicating that the wing may have extended into the manse by one bay, possibly indicating it was originally a separate east-facing house that was converted to a rear wing with the 1827 addition.

At the rear, there is a long rectangular-plan block, likely a combination of the minister's byre and barn. In front of it, parallel to this block, is a similar long and low modern structure used as holiday homes.