Description

Mid 19th century. Single storey and attic, 3-bay farmhouse with single storey wings; ancillary structures adjoining to rear forming small courtyard; curved ancillary structure to N. Whitewashed coursed red brick with painted margins; sandstone rubble ancillary structures with ashlar dressings. Projecting cills.

S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: near-symmetrical; 3-bay house, boarded and glazed timber door to centre, with delicate segmental-arched cast-iron porch over, single window to left and right; 2-pane skylight to centre of attic floor, flanked by 2 canted dormers. Single storey wings to left and right, Venetian window with blind centre pane to wing to right, flanked by small 4-pane window, skylight to attic; faux Venetian window to wing to left, blind round-arched window to centre, flanked by painted brick side lights.

E ELEVATION: asymmetrical; whitewashed; variety of glazing patterns, sliding boarded timber door to right; skylights to attic.

N ELEVATION: opening to centre of 2 blocks leading to small courtyard (not seen 1999); single door to block to left; window to block to right, flanked to outer right by corrugated-iron wall with door and window openings.

W ELEVATION: obscured by corrugated addition, skylight to attic floor, adjoining outbuilding to outer left, blank.

Variety of timber-framed windows. Graded grey slate roof, piended to wings, with lead ridges. Coped gablehead stacks with circular cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen 1999.

ANCILLARY STRUCTURE: harled rubble outbuilding to N of farmhouse, of curved plan. Piended grey slate roof with lead ridges and skylights.

Statement of Interest

Brickrow Farm is part of the Auchincruive Estate. The Auchincruive Estate was owned by the Wallace family in the 13th century. There were a variety of owners until the 18th century when James Murray of Broughton sold it to Richard Oswald, entrepreneur and merchant, in 1764. The estate remained in the Oswald family until 1925, when they sold it to a local farmer John M Hannah, who gifted it to the West of Scotland Agricultural College in 1927, under whose ownership it remains (1999). Brickrow Farmhouse is essentially a traditional croft, aggrandised by 2 tiny classical wings with Venetian windows. Of note also is the unusual curved outbuilding to the N.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77777346

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide