Description

Early 19th century, 2-storey 3-bay farmhouse with projecting,

bowed bay added circa 1890 and single bays added at each end. Pebble-dash harling with ashlar dressings and base course to

bowed bay, some margins rendered and lined as ashlar. Ashlar

eaves course.

S ELEVATION: pilastered doorpiece at centre with decorative

fanlight; panelled door with glazed upper panels. Wrought-

iron lamp bracket above. Projecting bay to right with full-

height bow of 3 windows to each floor, 1 bay to right.

Similar bay flanking main doorway to left and in addition to

outer left with ground floor window altered to fanlit

doorway. Modern conservatory added in re-entrant angle,

enclosing both doorways.

N ELEVATION: original house of 5 regular bays with stair

window at centre. Flanking 1st floor windows partly blocked

above and below, and doorway inserted in ground floor window

left of centre.

Outer addition to left, slightly recessed, with doorway. 1st

floor window, and projecting piend-roofed outbuilding by

the outer angle.

12-pane glazing pattern to sash and case windows. Piend roof

to main house with lead flashings; slates. Coped pebbledashed

stacks with original cans.

Rubble coped, rubble boundary wall and driveway to rear from

N.

Statement of Interest

Auldhame steading directly to N and ruined mansion to NE.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56620726

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