Description

Possibly late 18th century with later additions and alterations. Symmetrical 2-storey, 3-bay plain classical style farmhouse with later flat-roofed porch centred at front; 2-storey range and further single storey and attic, piended wing at rear forming L-plan; single storey, piended block in rear re-entrant angle; flat-roofed rear porch. Harl-pointed whinstone and sandstone rubble; cream sandstone dressings. Droved quoins; droved long and short surrounds to openings; projecting cills throughout.

SE(ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: timber panelled door in flat-roofed, later porch projecting at centre; plate glass fanlight; rope-moulded surround. Single window recessed at 1st floor; single windows at both floors in flanking bays.

SW (SIDE) ELEVATION: full-height, 2-bay gabled wing to right with single windows in both bays at both floors. 2-bay range slightly recessed to left with stone-mullioned tripartite window at ground in bay to right; single window aligned at 1st floor; single windows at both floors in bay to left. Lower range to outer left with window at ground in bay to right; timber door in bay to outer left.

NW (REAR) ELEVATION: piended projection to outer right with lean-to addition to front; taller, piended wing set behind. Blind elevation to single storey, piended block in re-entrant angle to left; flat-roofed porch recessed to outer left. Main 2-storey block set behind with single windows in both bays at 1st floor.

NE (SIDE) ELEVATION: full-height gabled wing off-set to left of centre with single window at ground in bay to right. Single window centred in flat-roofed porch recessed to outer left. 2-storey wing recessed to right with single storey addition projecting at ground; single window in flat-roofed porch. Single storey with attic, single bay wing to outer right with boarded timber door at ground; gabled wallhead dormer aligned above.

Predominantly 12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows; plate glass timber sash and case windows at ground to front; various rooflights. Grey slate roofs; stone coped skews; cast-iron rainwater goods. Corniced brick-built apex stacks; various circular cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1998.

BOUNDARY WALLS, GATEPIERS AND GATES: round-arched coping to low rubble front walls. Rubble-coped, harl-pointed rubble walls partially enclosing site; single timber pedestrian gate. Squared coping to quadrant walls flanking vehicular entrance; square-plan sandstone gatepiers; pyramidal caps; timber gate.

Statement of Interest

Recorded in the OS Name Book as "...a comfortable farm dwelling with...offices and a large arable farm attached." A relatively early and well-detailed example of its plain classical type - the symmetrical front elevation, timber sash and case windows and pyramidal-capped gatepiers being particularly notable. Rutherfurd notes a Mr Thomas Allan as farmer here in 1866. The steading is set to the N.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77774879

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)