St Colmac Manse (also known as Cnoc an Raer) is a historic building in St Colmac on the Isle of Bute, Scotland. Dating to around 1835, it was the clergy house for the now-ruined and Category C listed St Colmac's Church, located about to the east, built around the same time.St Colmac's Church, Bute – British Listed Buildings Both properties are believed to have been built by John Paterson, a "very able builder and skilled mason"Essay on Curling and Artificial Pond Making, J. Cairnie (1833) of Largs.The London Gazette, Part 4 (1847), p.3778
The manse sits back about from the northern side of the B875 road,Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland, Francis Hindes Groome (1901) and several feet above it, at the end of a long driveway.Bute, St Colmac's Church – Canmore It is two storeys, with a rear extension added in the 20th century. Also at the rear there are two stone outbuildings under slate roofs. The property sits on .
Interior The interior includes a solid-fuel Rayburn range in the kitchen and a cantilever staircase leading up to the first floor. The ground floor has an entrance vestibule, a living room, dining room, music room, kitchen, laundry room and pantry, while on the first floor there is a bathroom (with original Victorian clawfoot bath), the master bedroom with dressing room/bedroom, plus three further bedrooms.Cnoc an Raer – Galbraith
Exterior In the back garden there are bedded stone footings of a rectangular building and yard wall. These are the remains of the former Edinmore farm, in records from 1576."Bute farm names with personal name elements" – Farm names, Bute Archaeology, p. 61 The farm belonged to the Estate of Wester Kames. Occupation of the farm ended shortly before the manse's construction.Bute Croc-an-Raer – Canmore
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