Former Parish Church Manse Including Gatepiers

Dated 1808. Substantial 2-storey and attic, 3-bay, rectangular-plan former Parish Church manse built on site of 1760 manse overlooking Sands of Tong toward Stornoway. Later piend roofed porch possibly by Charles Howitt 1852. Altered to farmhouse 1855, interior renovated and fireplaces removed 1950s. Incorporating nepus gable and full-width lean-to outshot at rear. Harled with deep-set openings.

FURTHER DESCRIPTION: symmetrical principal elevation to SW with boarded timber door and lionhead brass doorknocker on right return of porch, small flat roofed extension to left return; 2 small piended dormer windows rising almost from wallhead and flanking small cast iron centre rooflight. Nepus gable to centre of rear (NE entrance and farmyard) elevation over 1st floor window, both windows positioned slightly left of centre, ground floor obscured by later lean-to outshot.

INTERIOR: some fine early interior detail retained including moulded cornices, 6-panelled architraved doors and panelled reveals. Sitting room with segmentally-arched recess incorporating fluted timber pilasters and key detail, timber staircase with plain timber balusters, flag floor to porch and concrete floors elsewhere at ground.

Largely 4-pane glazing pattern in timber sash and case windows. Easdale slates. Harled stacks with thackstanes and simple clay cans.

GATEPIERS: harled, pyramidally-coped square section gatepiers to.