A croft house garden at Mint Croft, Isle of Skye. Herbs and Oxeye daisies in the cottage garden with historic, grass roofed blackhouse cottage behind. A bright early summer day.

The Blackhouse

SLEEPS TWO

The Blackhouse is a one-bedroom cottage designed for couples and is particularly popular with honeymooners.

Its wild turf roof is nestled on top of old stone walls - nearly one metre thick - from inside which floor to ceiling windows frame stunning sea views over Loch Snizort, making this beautifully restored Scottish blackhouse a cosy and romantic hideaway.

Traditional blackhouse cottage at Mint Croft Skye. A green grass roof on the low, single storey stone building with a grassy front garden.
Behind the blackhouse cottage at Mint Croft, Skye. Traditional turf roof on the low stone building with two skylights. The blackhouse is connected to a timber-clad extension with pitched roof. Behind, Loch Snizort and Trotternish.
Small traditional wood-framed window at the Blackhouse cottage, Geary, Waternish, Isle of Skye. Painted soft green and set into a stone wall with traditional render.
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The sitting room at the Blackhouse cottage, Mint Croft, Isle of Skye. Exposed rafters and stone wall in this traditional croft building with luxury self-catering accommodation. Comfortable sofa, chair and soft furnishings in soft oranges and blues.

A luxury cottage that transports you to another time

In the early 1800s, The Blackhouse would have been the original home for the crofters (tenant farmers), which they would have shared with their animals.

The Hebridean Blackhouse, or ‘taigh-dubh’ in Gaelic, were traditional dwellings that were common in the Hebrides, including the Isle of Skye, throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. They were so named because of the dark, peat-smoke-stained thatch and walls that often characterized their appearance.

This, along with the adjacent hayloft have now been unified to create a luxurious and cosy home.

From inside the bedroom at the historic blackhouse holiday cottage, Mint Croft, Skye. A sofa by a large window with sea views across Loch Snizort and to the Trotternish peninsual.
Sea views from The Blackhouse bedroom: across Loch Snizort to the Trotternish Peninsula.

Your Blackhouse cottage in Skye at a glance

  • Luxury self-catering accommodation for two adults spread across two, linked, historic buildings.
  • Large super-king bedroom suite upstairs with panoramic sea views.
  • Open plan living space on the ground floor with sea views.
  • Well-appointed kitchen.
  • Luxury furnishings.
  • Private garden with furniture.
  • Fabulous location on the Waternish peninsula, Isle of Skye, Scotland.
  • Full details of the accommodation at Blackhouse Cottage.
The bedroom at the blackhouse cottage, luxury accommodation within a traditional stone croft building in the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Exposed rafters, dark atmospheric walls and an crewel work, upholstered headboard in this luxury cottage for two.

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In the dining area at Mint Croft's historic blackhouse cottage in Skye. Spindle-backed chairs, a round wooden dining table and a view through to the open plan kitchen.
In the well-appointed open plan kitchen at the blackhouse cottage at Mint Croft, Skye. Handmade wooden kitchen with a view through to exposed rafters and stone wall in the open plan sitting room and dining area.

Location of our Blackhouse Cottage

One of two cottages available to hire on Mint Croft, Skye, Blackhouse Cottage is located in Geary on the Waternish Peninsula.

Waternish is in north west Skye, around 20 minutes drive from the village of Dunvegan. From the Skye Bridge, the drive to Mint Croft is around 1 hour 30 mins – and only slightly longer from the ferry terminal at Armadale in southern Skye. Please allow longer travel times in case of weather or other disruption.

Traditional Scottish Highland croft house cottage at Mint Croft, Skye. A stone whitewashed house with three dormer windows upstairs, a pitched slate roof and a heather-roofed porch above the front door. Set behind a herb garden with low dry stone wall. A bright early summer day with blue sky

Looking for a bigger cottage?

Our Croft House Cottage sleeps four and can be rented on its own or in addition to Blackhouse Cottage.

If you'd like to book both our cottages (three double bedrooms in total) at preferential rates, please get in touch.

Croft House Cottage
Cluster of cottages at Mint Croft, Skye, including a hebridean blackhouse cottage with traditional green roof of grasses. Beyond, a view across the sea to Trotternish.