Description
Originally 1680 for James Elphinstone 3-storey with
circular angle tower (contained stair now gutted) 4-window
(originally 5?) E. elevation to court; circa 1740 2-storey N.
side of court added, irregular fenestration to N. with
buttressed 1-window bay of slight projection. Circa 1760
original block extended S., 2-storeys in height of original
3 with 3-window S. bow, 2-storey S.E. wing with 4-window S.
elevation added slightly later; circa 1770-80 2-storey piend
roofed drawing room wing added at S.W., fine rococo ceiling,
canted bay appears to be slightly later addition; circa 1785
matching N.W. dining room wing added, with 1-window
pedimented and quoined section between containing entrance
hall and staircase forming symmetrical W. front. Staircase
very plain, lit by ogee-capped lantern light, good ceiling
of late Adam type in dining room applied from moulds and
perhaps a few years later than the room itself. Diagonally
set square piend-roofed game larders flanking gate circa
1800, but chamfered archway of gate itself probably original
1680 work. Cross-corridor in court and poor stuccoed porch at
W. front unfortunate Victorian additions. Harled with margins throughout, coped chimneys, woodwork almost entirely 18th
century except in N. wing.