Description

18th century in appearance, originally a rural Laird's house;
village of Catrine was subsequently built round about. 2
storeys plus attic, south front (now) 3 bays, 4-bay rear.
2 building phases; the earlier formed a plain rectangular-
plan and gabled house presumably 1682, the date of a panel
on the rear wall. Pedimented entrance bay, with urns, added
central on south front, probably in 3rd quarter of 18th
century, forming a T-plan house, most front windows altered
then also, with raised flat margin; and consoled cills
(single ground floor window enlarged c. 1950); perhaps the
wall-heads were raised then too; main cornice to front
relates to 18th century work, though skewputts above and
main cornice at rear are probably original. Stacks are 20th
century, but include single wall-head stack at rear. Steep-
pitched slightly bell-cast slate roof. Painted rubble and
ashlar dressings. Asymmetrical low flanking wings; east wing
may be 18th century and formerly contained a bakery (its door
now partly blocked to form a window) now used as garage
with big slapping; west wing dates probably from second half
of 19th century, is longer and has corrugated sheeting to
roof.
Inside, the house retains much early work; stair is contained
within added gable, many panelled timber doors in
architraves, stone basket-arched fireplace on east gable;
cornice plasterwork; 2 niches in the 1st floor room to west.

Statement of Interest

Said to be the house in which Burns "dinner'd wi' a Lord"

("The Vision") (Lord Daer), when the house was occupied by

Professor Dugald Stewart though that claim is also made for

Catrine house. The area to the south was originally open,

before the railway embankment was built.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17793200

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)