Description

Unusually complete and unaltered later 18th century farmhouse
with symmetrical curving walls linking flanking pavilions. 2
storeys. House and pavilions all 3-bay elevations, painted
rubble with raised margins.
MAIN HOUSE: gabled brick porch to centre all windows sash and
case with 4-pane glazing pattern. Symmetrical curving coped
rubble walls link house to pavilions, both 3-bay, 2-storey.
That to left seems always to have had domestic usage, that
to right with byre to ground and storage above. Both with
hipped-roofs ending as sawn-off gable with wallhead stack to
N.
Curved linlang walls with central doorway flanked by small
blocked windows/niches. Slate roofs throughout, coped end
stacks.

Statement of Interest

A good and rare example of its type; at Airds of Kells the

curving linking walls and pavillions survive intact, these

ancillary buildings are usually most vulnerable to alteration

or demolition. A similar symmetrical layout, (though on a

larger scale) is found at Kelton Mains, Kelton Parish.

To the rear of the house lying in the garden is a single cut

stone, probably a fragment of a medieval round-headed

bipartite window.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17805374

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)