Knock Steadings

Late 19th century. U-plan steading, open to E, with central ranges. Squared and coursed granite with ashlar dressings.

S range: single storey and attic/hayloft bothy and stable range. E gable end with door and window at ground, gablehead window and apex stack. S elevation with windows to right, wallhead stack to centre and hayloft dormer, piend-roofed and slate-hung to left, flanked at ground by further door. Courtyard elevation with windows to left, doors to right.

W range: long, link range with windows to outer bays of courtyard elevation and gabled ridge ventilators.

N range: 2-storey, cartshed and hayloft/store. E gable mirroring that of S range, minus stack and taller. 6-bay courtyard elevation with door by re-entrant angle to left and square-headed cart arches to centre and right; 4 windows to hayloft/store above.

Byre/cattle court: rectangular-plan byre block set at centre of courtyard to W with covered, low projections to E terminating in mirrored gabled, 2-bay stone sheds, each with 2 doors to E and blank return gables. Byre block with wide cattle opening to E, door and window to S; gambrel roof.

Small-pane sash and case and top hopper windows. Purple slates; clay ridge tiles and lead flashing; rooflights. Stacks and ventilators, see above.