Description

Farmhouse by William Burn, circa 1833, detached steading to

north east probably by Walter Newall, presumably near

contemporary. House: 2 storeys with lower service wing to

rear nearest courtyard. Stugged ashlar with polished

dressing, all painted (whitewashed at east). Upper windows

mostly with gabled dormer heads. North west elevation; 3

bays, with advanced inner gable and porch in re-entrant

angle; south west elevation also 3 bays, advanced gable left

with canted ground floor windows. Sash windows throughout,

mostly with 12-pane glazing pattern; corniced stacks;

saw-toothed skews. Steading: essentially 4 ranges built

walled garden to north west. Roofed mostly with graded slates

around courtyard. Rubble-built with ashlar dressings; mostly

(stable roof corrugated asbestos).

whitewashed. Tall 2-storey barn at north east with cartshed,

stable door with loft door above, other loft openings mostly

square, boarded and glazed; 2 tiers slit ventilators at north

east, wheel and wheelhouse removed lavatory survives above

tail race. Other ranges single storey; south west range with

wide slapping to court and addition abutting north east gable

(latter an addition, and excluded from listing). Skews mostly saw-toothed. Central midden now partly roofed to form shed;

Statement of Interest

Weathercock on farmhouse possibly from Durisdeer Church Attribution to Newall on stylistic grounds

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17791589

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Recommended Books

• 
  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)