Description

Late 17th century, courtyard plan farmhouse and steading; new farmhouse, early-earlier 19th century. Converted to housing, comprising U-plan W range and Z-plan E range.

W RANGE:

N BLOCK: 2 storey, 3 bay, symmetrical rectangular plan late 17th century farmhouse to centre with pantiled 2-storey wing adjoining to W, and single storey wing (now garages) to E. FARMHOUSE: harled with polished dressings and chamfered reveals. S (courtyard) Elevation: doorway to centre of ground floor with boarded timber door and letterbox fanlight surmounted by lamp; regular fenestration to flanking bays. Gabled window to each bay of 1st floor breaking eaves; timber bargeboards. E Elevation: ground floor obscured by adjoining garage (see below); small window off centre to right of 1st floor. N Elevation: symmetrical; replacement doorway to centre of ground floor reached by 2 steps; boarded timber door with letterbox fanlight; regular fenestration to flanking bays. Regular fenestration to 1st floor. W BLOCK: 2 storey and single storey pantiled ranges; 3 flight-holes to dovecot in 2-storey range. S BLOCK: single storey, rectangular plan, with cottage to SW corner. COTTAGE (No7): single storey and attic, T plan. Random rubble with predominantly replacement polished dressings. Tall pantiled roof with catslide dormers.

E RANGE:

N BLOCK: 2 storey and attic, 3 bay, rectangular plan earlier 19th century farmhouse with 20th century addition to rear. Tooled squared and snecked sandstone with stugged dressings to E Elevation; random rubble to with broached dressings to remainder. Projecting cills; replacement double glazed windows; long and short quoins. E Elevation: symmetrical. Architraved doorway to centre of ground floor; recessed replacement panelled door with letterbox fanlight. windows to flanking bays. Regular fenestration to 1st floor. Rectangular box dormers to left and right bays of attic. N Elevation: asymmetrical; single bay. Small harled lean to to centre of ground floor. Single storey lean to to right; doorway to outer right linking E Range to W Range (see above). W Elevation: harled lean to to ground floor. Bay to outer right advanced; W masked by adjoining block (see below). Flat roofed advanced bay through 1st and attic floors; hung slates to attic floor. S Elevation: asymmetrical; painted with exposed quoins. S BLOCK: row of single storey, rectangular plan cottages. Predominantly random rubble with replacement polished dressings; broached quoins. N Elevation: asymmetrical; window to centre flanked to right by glazed timber door. Iron gate to outer right linking E Range to W Range (see above). Harled block to outer left linking S Block to N Block. W Elevation: asymmetrical; 11 bay. 3 bays to right harled with exposed quoins. Droved dressings to centre and flanking 2 bays to right. Small single pane window to 3rd bay from left and 2nd bay from right; regular fenestration to remainder. Harled wall with semi circular coping advanced between 3rd and 4th bays from right linking E Range to W Range (see above). S Elevation: blank. E Elevation: asymmetrical; 7 bay. Centre bay obscured by advanced harled bay; window off centre to right; gabled left and right returns; 3 windows to left return; harled porch with boarded timber door to re entrant angle with penultimate bay to left. Boarded timber door to penultimate bay to right; bay to right obscured by lean to of N Block. Regular fenestration to remaining bays.

Predominantly 12 pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roofs with lead ridges to both farmhouses; red pantiled roofs with terracotta ridges to remainder; that to SW Cottage piended. Stone skews. Harled and squared and snecked rubble, coped gablehead stacks with circular cans. PVCu rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen 1998.

BOUNDARY WALLS AND GATEPIERS: rubble walls with semi circular coping to SW and W of SW Cottage; rubble wall with flat rubble coping to SE; remains of rubble wall to E; harled wall with flat coping and long and short quoins to N of farmhouse, swept down to centre; rubble wall with semi circular coping to W with coped square plan gatepiers and ironwork gates.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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Source: Historic Environment Scotland