Description
Mid/later 18th century 2-storey 5-bay country house with
attic and basement; east-facing, and formerly symmetrical,
with recessed full-height wings (these perhaps not
original) forming U-plan. Remodelled circa 1830 (windows
possibly enlarged; panelled door with fanlight inserted,
bow added to west end of north wing, and present main
stair built) and in 1899 by John A Campbell of Glasgow
(baroque porch added and north wing enlarged). All harled
with painted ashlar dressings and rusticated quoins. East
elevation: porch with open segmental pediment on pilasters,
round-headed doorway, steps within; sash windows, plate
glass at ground, 12-pane glazing at 1st floor; flat-roofed
dormers; single bay wing to left; (north) wing to right with
pilastered aedicular ingle-neuk (north-facing window
similarly treated), wall-head stack above, and oculus at
1st floor; base course; eaves/lintel band; cornice;
blocking course; coped end, wall-head and ridge stacks;
piended slate roofs. Pyramidal-roofed porch to south.
Interior: cantilevered stair with cast-iron balusters;
much remodelling circa 1899, round-arched screen in hall,
round-arched doorways into north wing, each with cartouche
in tympanum; fireplace and fitted cupboard in angle
alongside; pilastered openings in billiards room and dado
panelling; some decorative (early 19th century) cornice
plasterwork. South wing basement with shallow segmental-
arched brick vault.