Ronald's Cottage, 16 Rhughasinish

Ronald's Cottage is a single-storey, roughly rectangular-plan, rubble-built Hebridean-type cottage. The roof is thatched and the rubble walls of the cottage are whitewashed and have rounded corners. It is located on the northeast coast of South Uist on the eastern side of the bay of Grosavagh in Rhughasinish. Likely dating from the mid to later 19th century the cottage was renovated in 2010 and is currently in use as holiday accommodation.

The front elevation faces east and is three bays wide. It has a central timber door with diamond shaped glazing in the upper part. The rear (west) elevation has a single window opening. The cottage has two rectangular concrete chimneystacks on each end wall. There is a later single window to the left of the chimneystack on the south elevation. The window openings are small with deeply recessed four-pane timber casement frames.

The piended roof appears to be thatched in reed with a straw ridge, secured with a single horizontal wire. The entire roof has been netted, including over the ridge, which is weighted at the eaves and around the bases of the chimney stacks by stones secured to the netting by wire.

The interior of the cottage was seen in 2017. The internal fixtures and fittings are all early 21st century, following the refurbishment in 2010. The interior walls are whitewashed.