The site has twenty buildings and a number of other facilities Visit them all below!
Alan Stevenson House
This was originally the pierhead store. The Hebridean Trust renovated it to provide activity holidays for young people facing physical, mental or social disadvantages. It is now a licensed restaurant with rooms run by local couple Aisling and Kris Milne.
Morton Boyd House and Hall
This was originally the smithy. It now provides accommodation and currently hosts the Skerryvore Exhibition.
The Lower Square
This was acquired from Argyll Estates by the Hebridean Trust in the late 1980s. The Barracks provided the bulk of accommodation for the 113 people recorded in Hynish in the 1841 Census, including 45 masons, 18 women and a surgeon. This was converted into social housing, but is now derelict. Next to them is a washhouse and cow sheds. The end shed housed the Treshnish exhibition and is currently a workspace. The Cottage and the Old Stables are currently let out to islanders.
The Toilet Block
Situated behind the cow sheds, this block had separate compartments for men and women. There were two seats in each compartment. Behind the block is a septic tank, which would have originally had a wooden cover.
The Signal Tower
This allowed communication with the lighthouse using a display of balls. A watch was kept twice a day. The Northern Lighthouse Board offered it to the Hebridean Trust in 1984. A small exhibition was installed in the tower, but as this was, it moved to its present site three years later.
The Upper Square
The four lighthouse keepers’ houses were bought by the Hebridean Trust in 1997. Designated Category A listed buildings, they were renovated in 2001, and now provide accommodation for local families.
The Gardens
Beside the Upper Square there are four gardens, where the keepers grew vegetables.
The Powder House
Away from the accommodation and above the Gardens is the Powder House, where the gunpowder for the quarries and for use on the Rock was kept.
