Inside the historic blackhouse holiday cottage, a traditional hebridean building in the Isle of Skye at Mint Croft. An exposed stone wall and flagstone floor with comfortable, upholstered sofa and armchair in warm tones. On the floor a sheepskin rug.

Explore The Blackhouse

Entering this luxury sea view cottage, you are greeted by a substantial handmade oak door leading into a hallway linking the original blackhouse and old hayloft.

Solid wooden door in a restored highland blackhouse in Skye. A traditional turf roof tops the low, single storey stone venacular building.
The entrance hall at the blackhouse cottage, Mint Croft, Skye. Flagstone flooring leads through to a sitting room with exposed stone walls.

On one side, an open-plan living area, kitchen, and dining room boast low windows that look across the front garden towards Loch Snizort and Skye’s dramatic Trotternish peninsula.

The open plan dining and kitchen area in the blackhouse at Mint Croft, Skye. A traditional building with exposed wooden beams and a flagstone floor. A round dining table with 4 spindle-backed chairs.
In the sitting room at the blackhouse cottage, Mint Croft Skye. Exposed stone interior walls by the window.
Exposed stone interior gable wall in the sitting room in the Blackhouse Cottage in Geary, Waternish, Skye. A comfortable sofa upholstered in soft orange with cushions and a throw. Ceramic flask by Skye artist Patricia Shone on the wooden coffee table.
Handmade wooden cottage kitchen in soft sage green with a wooden worktop.
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To the other side is a private dressing area and bathroom with stairs that lead up to a luxurious bedroom suite.

Blackhouse bedroom at Mint Croft, Isle of Skye, Hebrides, Scotland. Black walls with an embroidered, crewelwork head board, white ben linen, wooden lamps and side tables.
Bathroom at the blackhouse cottage, Mint Croft. Clean, crisp interior. A double ended bath with shower over, white tiles
A traditional, panelled oak door opens into a modern bathroom in white within the blackhouse at Mint Croft, Skye.

This deep, black-painted space with a super-king bed and reading room is oriented towards a panoramic triptych of windows which look over the croft towards the seascape and the morning sunrise over the water.

Detail of upright sofa with curved back, upholstered in cream. In the Blackhouse Cottage at Mint Croft Skye.
Detail of the Blackhouse cottage bedroom at Mint Croft Skye. An embroidered crewel-work headboard, wooden lamps and side tables, crisp bedlinen
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The sea view at the Blackhouse cottage, Mint Croft, Skye. A sofa and table are arranged beside the large bedroom window

Your luxury coastal cottage stay includes

  • Panoramic sea and island views from every window
  • Antique and rare furniture, artwork and textiles
  • Underfloor heating throughout
  • Private garden with bench and fire pit
  • OS maps and local guides
  • A range of fiction and non-fiction books
  • Board games and puzzles

TECH

  • High speed unlimited fibre broadband
  • Marshall & Positive Grid Bluetooth speakers
  • Flatscreen TV with complimentary Netflix and BBC iPlayer
  • Type-2 electric vehicle charging point (shared with The Croft House, subject to additional charges

KITCHEN, BATHROOM & UTILITIES

  • deVOL hand-crafted kitchen – fully equipped, including dishwasher
  • Fired Earth bathroom – rain-shower & large bath
  • Towels and bathrobes
  • Laundry washing machine
  • Ironing board, iron and clothes drying rack
  • Organic Scottish toiletries

BEDROOM

  • Super-king size bed with custom headboard
  • High thread count 100% Egyptian cotton white bed linen
  • Down duvets and pillows
  • Hairdryer
Blackhouse Floorplan

Floorplan

Accommodation in The Blackhouse is arranged over two floors within two linked, historic buildings.

View plan (.pdf)
Detail of the bedroom at the Blackhouse, Mint Croft Cottage, Isle of Skye. Loch Snizort and Trotternish from Geary, Waternish. A cream, upright sofa is nestled by the window. View across the Mint Croft cottage garden at Geary, Skye. The gable end of the Blackhouse cottage with green turf roof and in the background Loch Snizort and Trotternish. A bright but cloudy day in early summer.
 

Interiors and furnishings

As designers, James & Carolina have carefully curated the interiors and furnishings of this luxury cottage by the sea with a focus on retaining much of the original character and history, including rare antiques dating as far back as the 16th century whilst adding beautiful modern and handcrafted pieces to make a truly remarkable home.

Of particularly special note are the ‘blackhouse stools’ by Sheahan Made X Bard which are inspired by traditional Scottish 19th century black pine fireside stools.

Blackhouse stool, a contemporary low stool with 5 legs. In blacked timber and made by Jack Sheahan in collaboration with Bard
Blackhouse Stool, by Jack Sheahan in collaboration with Bard.
Ceramic flask with white, encrusted glaze by Skye artist Patricia Shone
Ceramic vase by Skye artist Patricia Shone.

Art, design and craft in The Blackhouse

Inside, The Blackhouse cottage features the work of local artisans in Skye and from across Scotland, alongside selected pieces by international designers and makers that feel at home here.

We are especially delighted to feature work by acclaimed Skye ceramic artist Patricia Shone, who has exhibited widely in the UK and internationally, as well as a striking print of renowned Chilean artist Guillermo Lorca’s ‘The Herd’ which evokes a fantastical entanglement of humans and animals that offers a whimsical sense of life on this land over two centuries ago.

Find out more about local makers, artists and craftspeople to visit during your stay in Skye.

Sea views from the blackhouse cottage at Mint Croft, noth Skye. Exposed stone walls, flagstones, sheepskin rug and comfortable upholstered furniture.

How to book

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