Crofters Cottage, Latheron, KW5
- Land size
- 3 acres
- Bedrooms
- 1
- Bathrooms
- 1
Key Features
- Wind And Watertight Cottage
- Approx Three Acres Croft Land
- Renovation Opportunity
- Approximately Three Acres
- Scenic Rural Views
Description
The attractive cottage is located in a prominent elevate position with scenic rural views. Although in need of complete renovation the cottage is wind and watertight and there are services nearby. There is plenty of room to extend the cottage and a caravan is included in the sale so any new owner could live in it whilst renovating the cottage. This smallholding has approximately three acres of crofted land which would allow the new owners plenty of flexibility in its use.
A shared road leads to a gated entrance which then in turn leads to the cottage.
Ideally located some seventeen miles from the Royal Burgh of Wick, the property is close to the A9 and schooling can be obtained at Lybster Primary School There is a butcher shop in the village of Latheron wheel with a pub/restaurant, and nearby in Dunbeath there is a convenience store, Post Office and Doctors Surgery. There is also shops, pub, restaurant, and golf course in the village of Lybster. Wick, the second largest town in Caithness is some seventeen miles away where further facilities can be found as well as secondary school education.
What3words///villager.print.prestige
Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
- TBC
- Date Posted
- 2026-05-19
Market Value Analysis
Compared with 449 Homes with Land listings in Scotland (1+ acres).
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
- Electricity
- Ask Agent
- Water
- Ask Agent
- Heating
- Ask Agent
- Broadband
- Ask Agent
- Sewerage
- Ask Agent
Rights & Restrictions
- Public Rights of Way
- Ask Agent
- Private Rights of Way
- Ask Agent
- Listed Property
- Ask Agent
- Restrictions
- Ask Agent
Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.
Property Features
- Accessibility
- Ask Agent
- Parking
- Ask Agent
- Garden
- Ask Agent
Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.
Connectivity
Broadband
Fastest speed available at this postcode
1.8 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre · available to 78% of premises
Suitable for
- 4K streaming on every screen
- Full-time home working
- Online gaming & big downloads
Mobile signal
Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.
Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.
Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.
Nearest Schools
Primary
- Dunbeath Primary School3.1 miles
- Pupils
- 30
- Type
- Non-denominational
- Lybster Primary School4.8 miles
- Pupils
- 64
- Type
- Non-denominational
- Thrumster Primary School12 miles
- Pupils
- 30
- Type
- Non-denominational
- Watten Primary School13 miles
- Pupils
- 37
- Type
- Non-denominational
- Helmsdale Primary School15 miles
- Pupils
- 46
- Type
- Non-denominational
Secondary
- Wick High School15 miles
- Pupils
- 735
- Type
- Non-denominational
- Thurso High School21 miles
- Pupils
- 753
- Type
- Non-denominational
- Golspie High School30 miles
- Pupils
- 264
- Type
- Non-denominational
- Farr High School34 miles
- Pupils
- 68
- Type
- Non-denominational
- Dornoch Academy36 miles
- Pupils
- 217
- Type
- Non-denominational
Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.
Schools are just the start: planning activity, heritage and any flood history here are in the full report.
Amenities
Supermarket
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Walking trail
Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.
The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.
Getting Around
Nearest station
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.
Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.
Flood Risk
From SEPA flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.
Rivers and the sea
Surface water
Mapped within the area searched, not at the advertised map pin itself.
These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.
Important notice: Information, maps and tags on this page are drawn from the advertising agent's marketing materials or generated automatically. LandSale has not verified them. Relying on these details is at your own risk, always carry out independent checks before committing to a purchase.
LandSale full disclaimer
Marketing information only - not formal particulars. The details on this website are provided for general guidance and do not constitute an offer or contract. Neither LandSale nor the advertising estate/land agent accepts responsibility for any inaccuracy.
1. Source of information
- Listing content: Core description, asking price, tenure, measurements, photographs and planning history originate from the marketing materials of the advertising estate or land agent. LandSale does not author this content and cannot guarantee its accuracy.
- Automated tags & categorisation: Property type, land-use class, acreage bands and similar labels may be applied by machine-learning models. They are intended as a helpful guide only and may not reflect the property's legal status or permitted use.
- Third-party & enriched data layers: Maps, boundary outlines, planning designations, soil reports, broadband coverage and other environmental or location-based insights are licensed from external suppliers. Such data are supplied “as is", may be incomplete or out of date and are subject to change without notice.
2. Verification required
Prospective purchasers must verify critical matters, including but not limited to planning permission, title boundaries, public rights of way, environmental constraints, acreage, services, access and VAT status, through their own inspections, specialist surveys, legal advisers and the selling agent before relying on the information or entering into any contract.
3. No warranty or liability
LandSale gives no warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy, completeness or fitness for any particular purpose of the information displayed. LandSale shall not be liable for any loss, damage, cost or expense arising directly or indirectly from any use of or reliance on such information, save where liability may not be excluded by law.
4. Updates & feedback
If you believe any detail on this listing is inaccurate, please let us know. We will investigate and, where appropriate, update the listing or notify the agent.
© LandSale | Version 1.3 - August 2026
Listing agent
Yvonne Fitzgerald Properties, Thurso
7 Swanson Street, Thurso, KW14 8AP
Similar properties for sale
- Price
- Offers Over£125,000
- Size
- 14.8 acres
Upper Smerral, Latheron, Highland. KW5, Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, Highland KW5 Scotland
Added on 08/04/2026House with Land
- Price
- Offers Over£105,000
- Size
- 5 acres
Lybster, Lybster, Highland. KW3, Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, Highland KW3 Scotland
Added on 29/01/2026Cottage
- Price
- Offers Over£70,000
- Size
- 0.87 acres
Added on 11/05/2026Building Plot
- Price
- Offers Over£90,000
Added on 29/01/2026Building Plot
- Price
- Offers Over£90,000
Added on 10/06/2026Building Plot
- Price
- Guide Price£76,000
Added on 03/07/2026Building Plot
- Price
- Guide Price£75,000
- Size
- 0.99 acres
Added on 18/04/2026Building Plot
- Price
- Offers Over£75,000
James Street, Lossiemouth, IV31, Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey, Moray IV31 Scotland
Added on 10/08/2026Building Plot
- Price
- Offers Over£60,000
Added on 02/07/2026Building Plot
- Price
- Fixed Price£80,000
Station Road, Burghead, IV30, Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey, Moray IV30 Scotland
Added on 31/07/2026Development Land