5: Vernacular Materials, Locality, Weather

Pittenweem, Fife. Temperate but wet climate, doorways positioned away from the sea.

Crovie, Moray. Vernacular form, gables facing sea, harl.

Gardenstown, Moray.

Caithness Croft, Cruck construction. Pairs of curved timber beams joined to carry the weight of the roof.

Skye Museum Croft.

The Corr, Wick, Caithness.

Suisnush, Isle of Skye.

Croft Interior, Shetland, 1900.

Croft House and Outhouses, Boddom, Shetland.

Arnol, Lewis, Structural Plans.

Arnol Blackhouse, Isle of Lewis.

Crofthouse structure, Auchindrain, Argyllshire, barn cruck or couples.

Cruck, Laidhay Croft Museum, Caithness, Kitchen.

Bornesketaig, Isle of Skye.

Crofthouse, Plockton, Westeross.

Beaton’s Crofthouse, Skye.

Horse Gins (Mills): Fingland Farm, Glenshee, Grampians. Roof structure.

Arbirlot, Arbroath.

Aultlarie croft house, Newtonmore Highland Folk Museum, Kingussie. Interior.

Leverburgh, Harris.

Harl, Council Housing, Stirling.

Lochryan House, Galloway, 1701. Showing Harl.

Hugh Miller’s Cottage, Cromarty, Late 18th century.

Lightly Pressed back lime harling and limewash finish at Brodie Castle, Forres.

Black House, South Queensferry. Black Harl.

Athelstaneford Doocot, East Lothian.

Burntisland Parish Church, 1594-6. Shell Harl and Pebbledash Harl.

Masonry walling, Rubble and Pointing. Lose cutting from quarries, large stones are flat bedded and packed with smaller stones, then filled with mortar. Usually washed over with Harl.

Masonry Finishes: Pink craigmillar sandstone with cherrycalked pointing of black dolerite snecks, 1767-1774, George Square. Polishing Ashlar.

Polished and Droved Ashlar.

Masonry Finishes: Rock-faced, Abercromby Place, New Town, Edinburgh. Masonry, Bank of Scotland, The Mound, Edinburgh. Vermiculation. Illustration from Cyclopedia of Construction by William A Radford 1909.

Building Stones: Clashach Stone from Moray on Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh. Granite Columns, Aberdeen Art Gallery. Aberdeen Granite Rubble. Locharbriggs Quarry, Dumfriesshire.

Whin stone walling and Locharbriggs red sanstone dressing at Amisfield, Dumfriesshire, 1600.

Galloway House, Wigtownshire, Mid eighteenth century.

Dormers: Lauriston Castle, Edinburgh late 1500s-early 1600s. Pearce Institute, Govan, 19th century. Dunkeld Street, Aberfeldy, Perthshire, 19th century.

Cardoness Castle, Kirkcudbrightshire. Police Station, Fortingall, Perthshire.

Crowstepped gables and Skewputt: Newmilns Tolbooth, Ayrshire.

Half timbered and outshots: John Knox house.

Huntly House, Edinburgh.

Rooflines: Canongate Tolbooth and tenements, Royal Mile.

Cowane’s Hospital, Stirling, 1673.

Roofing: Hermits and Termits, Edinburgh. Culross, Fife. Partly leaded Skew coping. Skewput.

Slate and lead flashings and finials. Craigievar castle and castle fraser, Aberdeenshire, early 17th century.