11 Rhughasinish, South Uist

11 Rhughasinish is a single-storey, roughly rectangular-plan cottage built from rubble, typical of Hebridean architecture, dating from the mid to late 19th century. It features a thatched roof and limewashed rubble walls, although much of the limewash has been removed from the front (east) elevation. The cottage is situated in an exposed coastal area in Rhughasinish, located in the northeast of South Uist.

On the front elevation, there is an entrance to the left and a window to the right. The entrance has a stone lintel above, but no door; instead, a timber gate was installed across it in 2017. A single row of stone capping is visible on top of the rubble walls on the west elevation. Both the south and west elevations have single window openings, with the south elevation also featuring a rubble and concrete chimney stack.

The window in the front (east) elevation is a three-pane timber casement, while the west elevation has a four-pane timber casement. The window opening in the south elevation lacks a window frame.

The thatched roof is made of marram grass and has a continuous marram ridge. The entire roof is netted with wire mesh, and the netting is weighted along the eaves with stones secured by a continuous piece of thin rope threaded through the holes in the net. Additionally, the netting is weighted down the sides of the chimney stack to the south with metal tubes, also secured with the same thin rope.

The interior, observed in 2017, is divided into two rooms and is currently unoccupied. The kitchen features a range cooker against the southern wall. The ceiling is uncovered, revealing wooden roof trusses and the turf covering beneath the thatch. The cottage has an exposed earth floor.