8 Balivanich, Isle of Benbecula

8 Balivanich is a low, single-storey, roughly rectangular-plan, rubble-built Hebridean-type cottage likely dating from the early to mid-19th century. The cottage was renovated around 2006. The roof is thatched and the rubble walls are whitewashed with squared corners. It is located in Balivanich, the largest settlement on the Isle of Benbecula, on its north coast.

The front elevation faces northeast and is three bays wide, comprising a central entrance with a timber door, flanked by single windows. The rear (southwest) elevation has three windows. The far right window is slightly taller than the other two. The end walls are both windowless.

The windows are timber sash and case and have later stone cills. The building has later painted chimneystacks at either end, which are topped with short pots on stone capping.

The piended roof is thatched in marram grass and has a continuous thatched marram grass ridge. The entire roof has been netted and is weighted along the eaves and around the chimney stacks with stones tied to the netting with wire. The construction of the roof is in the Uist style of thatching with the thatch sitting on the outer wall and the thatch going over the edge.