East Lodge Fishing Hut, Murthly Castle Policies

Probably mid to later 19th century. Small picturesque single storey, pyramidally-roofed, rectangular-plan fishing hut with rustic detailing to oversized projecting gabled porch incorporating monumental carved lintel, gabletted windowheads breaking eaves and original interior. Sited immediately to NE of separately listed earlier fountain on raised ground overlooking River Tay in parkland of Murthly Castle. Coursed squared and snecked rubble with stugged dressings. 2-leaf door of chevron-patterned rustic half-round timber

FURTHER DESCRIPTION: entrance elevation to NW with projecting lintel over doorway leading to timber-lined porch with flanking benches leading to 2-leaf door. SW and NE elevations each with small gabletted window, and blank SE elevation with tall stack straddling centre gablehead.

Plate glass glazing in replacement windows. Grey slates to steeply pitched ball and spike-finialled roof. Replacement brick stack. Deeply overhanging swept eaves with exposed rafters.

INTERIOR: good interior retained including honeycomb pattern stone flag floor. Monumental stone fireplace of pink sandstone with bowed supports and huge stone mantel, inner (possibly later?) stonework corbelled, also with bowed supports. Walls and roof lined with decoratively set rustic half-round timber incorporating built-in wall recesses and benches.