Interior of a black house Arnol Lewis Outer Hebrides Scotland Black houses were traditional houses which used to be common in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland as well as Ireland and areas of Gaelic settlement in Nova Scotia Most of the examples on Lewis had fallen into ruin by the late s but several have been restored some to serve as holiday accommodation They were traditionally built with thick walls with a core of earth surrounded by stone and with roofs of thatced cereal straw over turf
Work by Peter Thompson
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