11 Rhughasinish, South Uist

11 Rhughasinish is a single-storey, roughly rectangular-plan, rubble-built Hebridean-type cottage, dating to around the mid to later 19th century. The roof is thatched and the rubble walls of the cottage have squared corners and are limewashed. The limewash has largely been removed on the front (east) elevation. The window openings are small and deeply recessed. The cottage is in an exposed coastal location in Rhughasinish at the northeast of South Uist.

The front elevation has an entrance to the left and a window to the right. The entrance opening has a stone lintel above, there is no door and a timber gate has been fixed across it (2017). A single row of stone capping is visible on top of the rubble walls on the west elevation. The south elevation and west elevations have single window openings. The south elevation also has a rubble and concrete chimney stack.

The window in the front (east) elevation is a three-pane timber casement. The window in the west elevation is a four-pane timber casement and the window opening in the south elevation has no window frame.

The roof is thatched in marram grass and has a continuous marram ridge. The roof is entirely netted, including across the ridge with wire mesh. The netting is weighted along the eaves by stones that have been secured to the netting by a continuous piece of thin rope passed through the holes in the net. The netting is weighted down the sides of the chimney stack to the south by metal tubes, secured to the netting with the same thin rope.

The interior was seen in 2017. The cottage is divided into two rooms and is currently unoccupied. There is a range cooker in the kitchen against the southern wall. The ceiling is uncovered and the wooden roof trusses as well as the turf covering beneath the thatch can be seen. The cottage has an exposed earth floor.