Beaton's Cottage

Beaton's Cottage
Beaton's Croft
The cottage in 2008
Location	40 Bornesketaig, Skye Scotland
Coordinates	57°39′00″N6°23′47″W / 57.649996°N 6.396351°W / 57.649996; -6.396351
Built	c. 1880;145 years ago (1880)
Listed Building – Category A
Designated	5 October 1971
Reference no.	LB7240
Shown in Highlands

Beaton's Cottage (also known as Beaton's Croft) is a croft dwelling in Bornesketaig, Isle of Skye, Scotland, near the island's northern tip. A Category A listed, it was built around 1880 ^[1] and is in "quite excellent condition". ^[2] It is a single-storey construction, three bays with centre door, of whitewashed rubble with rounded corners. It has small four-pane windows, with one similar window in the rear, gable-end chimney stacks and a piended thatched roof. A single-storey byre of same build is lit by two skylights. ^[2]

Gallery

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  Night view
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  Rear view
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  Attached byre

See also

• List of listed buildings in Highland

References

1. Skye, Bornesketaig, No. 40, Beaton's Cottage Archived 21 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine – Canmore
2. 40 Bornesketaig Archived 21 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine – Historic Environment Scotland