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SW Thatched Cottage at Baile, Baile, Ruisgarry
Ordnance Survey licence number AC0000807262. All rights reserved. © Copyright and database right 2025. Public Sector Viewing Terms
Useful Links
- NRHE:
- BERNERAY, BAILE, THATCHED COTTAGE
- Historic Scotland:
- HS Reference No 46105
General Details and Location
Category
AT RISK
Name of Building
SW Thatched Cottage at Baile
Other Name(s)
Address
Baile, Ruisgarry
Locality
Postcode
Planning Authority
Divisional Area
Reference No
1850
Listing Category
B
OS Grid Ref
NF 93145 81387
Location Type
Rural
HS Reference No
46105
Description
Hebridean-type thatched cottage (at south west end of row of 3 adjoining). Single storey; 4 bays. Modern corrugated-iron lean-to porch towards left on south east front; small-paned windows with splayed reveals. Massively thick battered walls, with rounded corners; built of coursed rubble. End stacks; axial flue; muran thatch roof, secured with netting and ropes, stone weights over inner wall head. (Historic Scotland)
Building Dates
Probably 19th century
Architects
Unknown
Category of Risk and Development History
Condition
Very Poor
Category of Risk
Critical
Exemptions to State of Risk
Field Visits
September 1998, August 2000, 30/07/2008, 18/03/2010, 10/6/2015
Development History
September 1998: External inspection reveals all three cottages to be unoccupied, with 2 now roofless. The roof of the SW cottage is in poor condition. March 2000: Local planners are unaware of any change. August 2000: External inspection reveals continued deterioration.
January 2009: External inspection finds this SW cottage (one of three adjoining) the only one to retain, in part, its thatched roof. However there is a threat of imminent collapse of the roof due to water/ wind ingress. The masonry walls are also failing due to water penetration.
March 2010: External inspection finds the building is surprisingly intact, but in an advanced state of decay.
December 2010: Local planners report Planning Permission and Listed Building Consent have been applied for. This is for the renovation of the property and is incorporating part of the adjoining property and will also involve a partial demolition of the adjoining property.<br />
Planning ref: 10/00656/ppd<br />
LBC ref: 10/00655/LBC<br />
9 June 2015: External inspection finds the thatch continued to fail, although the roof structure remains intact. Full Planning Permission and Listed Building Consent for restoration and extension of the cottage were conditionally approved June 2011 ref: 10/00656/PPD & 10/00655/LBC.
Guides to Development
Conservation Area
Ruisgarry
Planning Authority Contact
PAC Telephone Number
01870 602425
Availability
Current Availability
Unknown
Appointed Agents
Price
Occupancy
Vacant
Occupancy Type
N/A
Present/Former Uses
Building Uses Information: <br />
Present Use 1: N/A Former Use 1: Residential<br />
Present Use 2: N/A Former Use 2: N/A
Name of Owners
Type of Ownership
Private
Information Services
Additional Contacts/Information Source
Bibliography
Online Resources
Classification
Cottages and Lodges
Original Entry Date
08-SEP-98
Date of Last Edit
07/01/2021