Parliamentary Parish Manse (Former), Kinlochbervie

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General Details and Location

Category
AT RISK
Name of Building
Parliamentary Parish Manse (Former)
Other Name(s)
Church of Scotland Manse (Former); Free Presbyterian Manse (Former)
Address
Kinlochbervie
Locality
Postcode
Planning Authority
Divisional Area
Reference No
1039
Listing Category
C
OS Grid Ref
NC 21966 56386
Location Type
Rural
HS Reference No
448

Description

2-storey, 3-bay house; harled rubble, tooled margins. Small projecting porches at east and west gables; centre projecting rear stairwell; small later rear lean-to. Corniced end stacks; slate roof.

Former Church of Scotland Manse. House gutted. One of two Parlimentary manse types; similar to that at Stoer (now Stoer House) (Sutherland) (Historic Scotland)
Building Dates
1829
Architects
Thomas Telford or Joseph Mitchell

Category of Risk and Development History

Condition
Ruinous
Category of Risk
Moderate
Exemptions to State of Risk
Field Visits
July 1990
, July 1995
, July 1996, 21/6/2012, 25/9/2013
Development History
June 1990: External inspection reveals the manse to be in poor condition and in need of repair. The roof is now very bad and the interior rotten. July 1995: External inspection reveals further deterioration. May 2000: Local planners report that the property is now in very poor condition. August 2004: SCT receives reports that the manse has been vacant and derelict for at least 30 years. Ownership has been disputed, and works were once started but then abandoned. June 2006: LPA reports that some pre-planning application talks have taken place, but no plans submitted as yet.
22 April 1995: The Scotsman runs a short feature on the property.
May 2011: A member of Highland Building Preservation Trust forwards recent image of the former manse. A few roof timbers remain, but otherwise the building is now in ruinous condition.
21 June 2012: External inspection finds the building is roofless apart from the single storey extension. It is little more than a ruinous shell.
25 September 2013: External inspection finds the building remains in ruinous condition.
22 February 2024: Desk-based assessment suggests the building remains disused

Guides to Development

Conservation Area
Planning Authority Contact
PAC Telephone Number

Availability

Current Availability
Unknown
Appointed Agents
Price
Occupancy
Vacant
Occupancy Type
N/A
Present/Former Uses
Name of Owners
Type of Ownership
Private

Information Services

Additional Contacts/Information Source
Bibliography
Beaton (1995), p99; Breeze (1984), p334; Close-Brooks (1995), p114; Gifford (1992), p587; Telford (1838).
Classification
Middle-sized Houses
Original Entry Date
08-JUN-90
Date of Last Edit
07/01/2021