Survey Data
Reg No
14911017
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Archaeological, Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Worker's house
In Use As
House
Date
1800 - 1850
Coordinates
251977, 231885
Date Recorded
22/09/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Pair of detached three-bay single-storey cottages, built c.1830, abutting walled garden to east. Cottage to south now in domestic use. Southern house with pitched slate roof, terracotta ridge tiles, red brick chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered wall to façade with squared coursed limestone walls to rear and side elevations with red brick quoins. Replacement uPVC windows with stone sills. Square-headed door opening with replacement timber door with red brick surround accessed by stone steps. House to north with hipped slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles and random coursed limestone walls with yellow brick quoins. Timber sash windows with stone sills and yellow brick surrounds. Square-headed door opening with timber battened door, yellow brick surround and accessed by stone steps. Extensive walled gardens to east with random coursed walls.
Appraisal
Toberdaly has been an occupied site for centuries with the remains of a tower house on the hill, along with the ruined walls of a once fine Georgian house. The gardens themselves cover a large area and have been separated into smaller sections, with the high boundary walls indicating that this was once an important and productive site. The two small cottages, which abut the high walls to the west, are likely to be the former homes of those who tended to the gardens. They form a group of important structures associated with the large Toberdaly Demesne.