Detached house, Sangar Crofthouse, Rapness, Westray

Sangar Crofthouse, located in Rapness, Westray, is a late 18th or early 19th century single-storey crofthouse with a roughly rectangular plan. It features a threshing barn, a windmill tower, and a circular-plan kiln with a turf roof attached to the northeast, along with a former byre connected to the southwest. The barn retains much of its original threshing machinery. The buildings are constructed with flagstone rubble walls, have gabled ends, and step down in height with the slope of the ground. The roofs of the threshing barn and the stable/byre are made of flagstone, while the former house has a corrugated asbestos roof.

On the southwest side of the crofthouse, there is a central entrance with a boarded timber door, flanked by small window openings, each fitted with single-pane, fixed timber frames. The byre also features a timber door. The threshing barn has entrances on both sides, each with a boarded timber door, while the northeast elevation has no other openings. The windmill tower is supported by a hollow timber post containing a cast iron drive shaft, topped with a timber top-shaft and sail hub. A slightly tapering circular-plan kiln with a turf covering is attached to the northeast gable of the barn.

The threshing machinery in the barn, which was observed in 2000 and confirmed by the owner in 2018, includes the drum, spur gearing, and timber brake wheel and levers. The byre, also seen in 2000, has stone slab stall divisions.

To the east, at a right angle to this range, is a later detached house from the mid-19th century, which is now roofless. It has rubble walls with gabled ends, each featuring a chimneystack. The flagstone and turf-covered roof has collapsed in recent years (2018). The entrance on the southwest elevation is offset to the right of center, with windows located to the right and outer left. The other walls lack openings. The interior is believed to still have evidence of timber internal partitions, three box-beds, and fireplaces, as noted in 2001. A small rubble lean-to with a flagstone roof is attached to the southeast gable.