{"id":2442,"date":"2015-10-15T20:13:58","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T20:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=2442"},"modified":"2015-10-15T20:18:52","modified_gmt":"2015-10-15T20:18:52","slug":"moirlanich-longhouse-central-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=2442","title":{"rendered":"Moirlanich Longhouse, Central Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>National Trust for Scotland<\/em><br \/>\nThis house and connected byre is typical of a rural 19th century or early 20th century dwelling. The roof is supported by crucks and was originally thatched, though the thatch was raked back in the 1940&#8217;s and covered with corrugated iron sheeting.<br \/>\nInside, the house still has many of its original features, including a Scotch dresser, box beds and a &#8216;hingin lum&#8217; or hooded fireplace. Walls were papered, and in places there are over twenty layers of wallpaper, some of which has been separated and displayed.<br \/>\nThere is a parlour kept for entertaining the minister and the landlord, and a kitchen and bedrooms for everyday use.<br \/>\nNearby is an interpretation display hut with a small exhibition.<br \/>\nThe opening hours are restricted to two afternoons a week in the summer.<br \/>\nI visited the house during a tour of fine Highland scenery.<br \/>\n<em>Thumbnails<\/em><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2444\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2444\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Moirlanich_0187.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Moirlanich_0187-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Parlour with table etc\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2444\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2444\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parlour<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_2445\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2445\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Moirlanich_0188.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Moirlanich_0188-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Kitchen with fire hood\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2445\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2445\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kitchen<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_2446\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2446\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Moirlanich_8938.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Moirlanich_8938-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Byre with cruck beam\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2446\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2446\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Byre<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Trust for Scotland This house and connected byre is typical of a rural 19th century or early 20th century dwelling. The roof is supported by crucks and was originally thatched, though the thatch was raked back in the 1940&#8217;s and covered with corrugated iron sheeting. Inside, the house still has many of its original &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=2442\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Moirlanich Longhouse, Central Scotland&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,3,20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2442"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2449,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442\/revisions\/2449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}