Sangar Crofthouse, with threshing barn, windmill tower, kin and byre, Rapness, Westray

Sangar is a late-18th or early 19th century single-storey, roughly rectangular-plan crofthouse with a threshing barn, windmill and circular-plan kiln with a turf roof adjoined to the northeast, and a former byre adjoined to the southwest. The barn has largely intact threshing machinery. The buildings have flagstone rubble walls, gabled ends and step down in height following the sloping ground. There are flagstone roofs on the threshing barn and the stable/byre. The former house has a corrugated asbestos roof.

The southwest elevation of the crofthouse has a central entrance with a boarded timber door, flanked by small window openings, each with single-pane, fixed timber frames. The byre also has a timber door. The threshing barn has an entrance in each side with a boarded timber door. Apart from this door, the northeast elevation has no other openings. The windmill tower supports a hollow timber post containing a cast iron drive shaft, and surmounted by a timber top-shaft and sail hub. A slightly tapering, circular-plan kiln with a turf covering adjoins the northeast gable of the barn.

The threshing machinery in the barn (seen in 2000) remains in place (information from owner, 2018) including the drum, spur gearing and timber brake wheel and levers. The byre (seen in 2000) has stone slab stall divisions.

To the east and at right angles to this range is a later detached house (now roofless) of mid-19th century date. It has rubble walls with gabled ends, each with a chimneystack. The flagstone and turf-covered roof has collapsed in recent years (2018). The entrance in the southwest elevation is offset to the right of centre, and there are windows to the right and outer left. There are no openings in the other walls. The interior is thought to retain evidence of timber internal partitions, three box-beds and fireplaces (seen in 2001). A small rubble lean-to with a flagstone roof adjoins the southeast gable.