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Laidhay Preservation Trust

Also known as: Laidhay Croft Museum

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC000441
Status
Active
Registered
April 29, 1971
Legal form
Unincorporated association

Address

Address
The Argyle Suite The Pulteney Centre Wick KW1 5BA
Wick
KW1 5BA

Activities

'It does none of these'

'the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science'

The Laidhay Croft Museum stands beside the main A9 road a mile north-east of Dunbeath. The croft museum comprises three main buildings. These include a small thatched barn, a more modern shed and an old farmhouse, this being a long linear structure built of whitewashed walls topped off with a thatched roof. This sort of farmhouse or longhouse was once common in this part of Caithness but today the one at Laidhay is a very rare survivor, probably built in the early 1800s. The purpose of the charity is to provide a physical historical record of rural crofting life in Caithness. This is done by maintaining the above mentioned buildings and allowing the general public access to them. This has various educational, community & recreational benefits.

Objectives: For the establishment, development and maintenance of a Museum illustrative of Country Life of past ages in the North of Scotland and in particular the County of Caithness.

Geography

Main operating location
Highland
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
Oct. 25, 2024 £10,161 £29,607
Oct. 25, 2023 £44,169 £39,393
Oct. 25, 2022 £5,975 £15,465
Oct. 25, 2021 £10,309 £4,188
Oct. 25, 2020 £18,335 £4,361