Jean Macalpine's Inn, Milton

Jean Macalpine's Inn in Milton likely has origins dating back to the 18th century, with later modifications and a significant rebuild to achieve its late 19th century appearance in the 1990s. This collection of vernacular buildings is low, single-storey, gabled, and features a thatched roof with a turf ridge. The structure consists of three connected sections that create a total of eight bays, now functioning as a single dwelling. The walls are made of coarse random rubble, primarily from local schists and field stones, held together with lime mortar. The reed thatch roof is complemented by a turf and heather ridge, with the ground and roof levels rising towards the east.

In the west section, there are four bays visible from the front (south), with two doors positioned towards the center, framed and lined, and flanked by two windows, creating a roughly symmetrical appearance. A single door at the rear, added in the 20th century, is also framed and lined but has no windows. The main roof structure features two adzed oak couples, known in Gaelic as "ceangail," which spring from the wallhead, supported by crossbeams at the wallhead level and upper cross-spars secured with wooden pegs. This is overlaid by two sets of oak purlins, referred to as "taobhan," plus a ridge pole, which is further supported by closely spaced larch rafters, called "cabair," tied to the purlins. A rubble gable-head chimney stack is a recent addition.

The middle section has a centrally located door at the front (south), framed and lined, with small asymmetrical windows on either side. The rear wall is blank. Its roof structure is similar to that of the west section but includes a single scarf-jointed Highland couple, or cruck.

The east section features a single doorway at the front (south) and a triangular stone vent in the gable, which is a recent addition. Its roof structure is akin to that of the west section, and the windows are fixed with small panes.

The interior, as observed in 1996, shows that the west section contains a reconstructed "hangin lum," or "simileir crochaidh," made of wattle and daub over a frame. The buildings are partially built into bedrock, which forms part of the floor and leads to drainage issues. The floor is otherwise made of earth, with some rough stone paving present in the west section.

Rough stone steps located to the south of the building can be seen in photographs from around 1900.