Old Berriedale Cottage, Rackwick, Westray

Mid-later 19th century. Traditional 3-bay, single storey cottage with rear byre and later (late 19th century/early 20th century) 2-bay E extension to house. Adjacent byre and barn range to W. Flagstone walls.

COTTAGE

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical elevation to earlier cottage; central porch and door; flanking windows. Door with window to right to later extension.

W ELEVATION: door in lean-to byre.

N ELEVATION: lean-to byre extends along rear of original cottage; slurry hole; door in left return.

E ELEVATION: window to right.

Varied glazing; 2-pane window; 4-pane window, upper panes open inwards and larger 4-pane timber sash and case window to E (later extension). Timber boarded doors. Pitched roof; crude crowstepped gable to W. Large flagstones to roof; glazing panes set within roof flags and 2-pane skylight. 2 coped gable end stacks; 1 ridge (former gable end) stack; circular clay cans.

INTERIOR: baffle entrance to original cottage; but end to W; ben end to E. Central back-to-back box beds. Stove in W roof on W gable wall; box bed recess faces stove. Hinged panel to base of bed; timber bed slats; shelf above recess. Timber panelled door to left of bed leads into cupboard; timber panelling within cupboard. Architrave to box bed recess in ben end. Press to right of box bed. Timber panelling dividing 2 rooms. Timber panelled ceiling to ben end; fireplace in E wall; niche to right. E room not seen, 2000. Colourful interior; predominantly cream and turquoise to but end; yellow, white and pink to ben end.

BARN/BYRE RANGE

E ELEVATION: lean-to to far left; door to right. 3 doors to barn; window to far right.

S ELEVATION: lean-to attached to barn gable. Central window in lean-to.

W ELEVATION: lean-to to far right. Threshing door to left in barn. Lean-to to far left; window and door in right return.

N ELEVATION: plain gable walls to barn and lean-to.

Timber boarded doors. Pitched roof; crude crowsteps to S. Overseamed flagstone roof, some triangular overseamers.