At a glance
| Garden/Decking | Yes | Location | Rural |
| Bathroom/ensuites | 3 | Parking | Off Street |
| Bedrooms | 4 | Suitable for | Families, Contract Workers |
| Sleeps | 8 | Change Over day | Saturday |
About the property
Built originally in 1936 by a great uncle with the help of a £50 grant from the Board of Agriculture, it replaced the original "blackhouse". Neighbours provided most of the labour to build the house and so the £50 grant covered most of the construction costs - how things have changed!
The "new" house was very basic - no indoor sanitation, no electricity and heating provided by four peat fires." Seacote" was modernised and extended in 2005 to provide self-catering accommodation of the highest standard.
Today, "Seacote" provides four double bed rooms, one of which is equipped for disabled persons (Category 2 Disabled Access). A large disabled persons bathroom on the ground floor is equipped with a bath and a shower . The two bedrooms upstairs have ensuite shower rooms.
The kitchen is spacious with a huge farmhouse style table and opens onto the living area. A gas fired stove provides a welcome glow on a cold evening, and this whole area has high sloping ceilings clad in Douglas Fir rough sawn boards giving a warm feel to the whole house.
Outside there are clothes drying facilities and a secure shed for storage of bikes and other equipment.
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Map & Directions from arrival point to property
There are three principal arrival points on Lewis and Harris.
- Stornoway Ferry Port, HS1 2AE
- Tarbert Ferry Port, HS3 3DG
- Stornoway Airport, HS2 0BN
Copy and paste your arrival point into the test box below and you will be directed to Google Maps and given directions to the property. These can then be printed or saved to your Google account.
Tip. If walking from Stornoway Ferry Port, it is possible to take a short cut to the North and through the bus station.
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