Cottage/Bothy Derbyshire, Toab is a Grade B listed building in the Orkney Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 May 1999. Farm cottage/bothy.
Cottage/Bothy Derbyshire, Toab
- WRENN ID
- ruined-turret-jackdaw
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Orkney Islands
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 May 1999
- Type
- Farm cottage/bothy
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Mid-19th century. Single storey, three-bay, rectangular-plan farm cottage/bothy with single storey, rectangular-plan store/byre at right angles to northeast forming L-plan group. Small, single storey store sited to west of main group. Roughly coursed squared rubble; stone eaves course; windows set close under eaves. Gabled end walls.
Bothy: harl-pointed rubble. North (principal) elevation: boarded door at centre, flanked by a single window. Windows missing. Corniced gablehead chimneystack on west gable. Interior (seen in 1998): large fireplace to west end with massive stone lintel; storage niche to right; wall press with timber shelves intact set to right in east gable; timber-framed roof with exposed tie beams.
Byre/store: large, boarded sliding door in north gable with window above. West elevation with boarded door to right of centre. Window in gablehead of south gable. Fixed four-pane timber-framed windows (broken). Corrugated-iron roof. Interior not seen in 1998.
Store: south gable with centred boarded door. Turf roof with individual anchor stones. Interior not seen in 1998.
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