Carrick House Eday, Scotland
Listed Building Data
Carrick House has been designated a scheduled monument in Scotland with the following information. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- Historic Scotland ID
- 336876 (entity ID)
- Building ID
- 5438
- Canmore ID
- 3175
- Category
- B
- Name
- Carrick House
- Parish
- Eday
- County
- Orkney Islands
- Easting
- 356682
- Northing
- 1038482
- Date Listed
- 8 December 1971
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
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
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
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
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
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.)
