Carrick House Eday, Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
Listed Building Description
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Earlier 17th cent. Traditional. 2 1/2 storeys. Harled. Corbic-steps. Slated roof. Court on E. side with round- arch in N. wall dated 1633 in keystone; armorial panel over inscribed 'A.B./M.B. 1662'. Walled garden beyond Court. Several additions and offices at S. end of house.
Listed Building Statement of Special Interest
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Built for John Stewart, 1st Earl of Carrick, when he acquired Eday. Passed later to Buchanans of Sound (Shapinsay) and Sandside (Deerness) and through marriage 1720 to Feas of Clestrain (Stronsay). John Gow, the pirate was confined here Feb. 1725. Passed in 1770 to Robert Laing of Pabdale (Kirkwall) and in 1854 to Robert James Hebden in whose family it remains.
Listed Building References
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N.S.A. Groome Inv. 210 C. & D. Arch, V, p. 97 (ill.) P.S.A.S. XLII 1908. (ill. of arch) A. Fea 'The Real Captain Cleveland' (ill.)