Documents

There are no additional online documents for this record.

Summary

Description

Later 18th century probably incorporating earlier fabric. 2-storey, 3-bay house to S E of single storey service court. House with later adjoining 2-storey service addition to N (circa 1825) with single storey gabled Tudor-detailed music room/library to E (1916, re-working earlier fabric on site). Stugged pink sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings.

HOUSE:

E ELEVATION: 3 broadly spaced bays to original house with door in roll-moulded surround at centre, approached by 3 stone steps. Over-door wall-mounted sundial/armorial, 2' square, circa 1740, imported from Millheugh (see Notes), featuring square dial with gnomon giving hours above cup dial with gnomon giving minutes, flanked by Biblical male and female figures under gadrooned canopies and with bunch of grape pendants to plinths. Window above and in flanking bays. Advanced single storey music room to outer right adjoined to later 2-storey addition; round arched recess to gable end of music room with stone mullioned bipartite window; tripartite mullioned window on return to left with secondary door by re-entrant angle, again with roll-moulded surround. Owl statue marking quoin of later 2-storey block, seated on quoin stone breaking eaves.

W ELEVATION: tall stair window to centre with small under stair window and windows in flanking bays

N ELEVATION: 2-storey gable of service addition facing court with bipartite windows to right and single windows randomly placed to left.

S ELEVATION: lean-to modern conservatory adjoined at ground. Single window to right at 1st floor above.

Small-pane timber sash and case windows; leaded casements to music room. Purple slates. Gablehead stone stacks with coping; ashlar coped skews with block skewputts.

INTERIOR: staircase of stone. Oak panelling to hallway. Bolection moulded chimneypiece (imported from elsewhere) and stone flags to coomb-ceilinged music room. Depressed arched doorway with glazed upper panels, 1916. Stone chimneypiece to dining room (1916) with nursery rhyme frieze depicting 'Hey diddle, diddle', Thomson brother initials and Ayr coat-of-arms.

SERVICE COURT AND ARCHWAY: service court to N and W linked to house by single storey range running E-W (largely 1916) with door to garden at rear of house to S elevation, with shaped dormerhead above and small

flanking windows, further windows of standard size flanking. Archway to E entrance (post 1909), abutting music room and comprised of

segmental carriage arch with wallhead stepped above high relief ram's head plaque. W range 1916 re-working of existing with Tudor details, 6 bays to court with segmental arched carport openings paired to right of centre and to outer left. and 3 bipartite windows to left of centre and outer right. N range dropping to lower single storey height to E and abutted by short E range (post 1909) closing court and containing workshop.

Small-pane glazing in sash and case and casement windows. Purple slates. Rooflights.

TERRACE WALLS, GATES AND GATEPIERS: stugged rubble terrace wall to garden by entrance front with stone steps. Pair of rubble drumpiers flanking vehicular gate with conical caps, flanking sturdy wrought-iron 2-leaf and pedestrian gates.

Statement of Special Interest

Brae of Auchendrane was probably built by Sir Adam Ferguson, grandson of Lord Kilkerran. It passed to Elias Cathcart in 1828 after a period of tenancy (in a sale apparently forced by the dispute over a neighbouring Ferguson estate, Drumellan). It passed through the Bairds to Colin Thomson in 1916. The source of the over- door panel was traced latterly to a courtyard entrance in Millheugh, Lanarkshire where it was recorded in the Larkhall Victualling Society Centenary Souvenir Book 1821-1921, though here it is shown as brightly painted; its original origin is uncertain, both Cadzow Castle and Plotcock Castle have been suggested. The Tudor detailed additions (music room, W range and some interior refurbishment) have been attributed to Sir Robert Lorimer but there is no evidence and no strong association is apparent. The 1896 and 1909 OS maps show a roofless, circular horsemill adjoining the N range. The work described as post 1909 is probably also 1916.

References

Bibliography

About Listed Buildings

Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating sites and places at the national level. These designations are Scheduled monuments, Listed buildings, Inventory of gardens and designed landscapes and Inventory of historic battlefields.

We make recommendations to the Scottish Government about historic marine protected areas, and the Scottish Ministers decide whether to designate.

Listing is the process that identifies, designates and provides statutory protection for buildings of special architectural or historic interest as set out in the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997.

We list buildings which are found to be of special architectural or historic interest using the selection guidance published in Designation Policy and Selection Guidance (2019)

Listed building records provide an indication of the special architectural or historic interest of the listed building which has been identified by its statutory address. The description and additional information provided are supplementary and have no legal weight.

These records are not definitive historical accounts or a complete description of the building(s). If part of a building is not described it does not mean it is not listed. The format of the listed building record has changed over time. Earlier records may be brief and some information will not have been recorded.

The legal part of the listing is the address/name of site which is known as the statutory address. Other than the name or address of a listed building, further details are provided for information purposes only. Historic Environment Scotland does not accept any liability for any loss or damage suffered as a consequence of inaccuracies in the information provided. Addresses and building names may have changed since the date of listing. Even if a number or name is missing from a listing address it will still be listed. Listing covers both the exterior and the interior and any object or structure fixed to the building. Listing also applies to buildings or structures not physically attached but which are part of the curtilage (or land) of the listed building as long as they were erected before 1 July 1948.

While Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating listed buildings, the planning authority is responsible for determining what is covered by the listing, including what is listed through curtilage. However, for listed buildings designated or for listings amended from 1 October 2015, legal exclusions to the listing may apply.

If part of a building is not listed, it will say that it is excluded in the statutory address and in the statement of special interest in the listed building record. The statement will use the word 'excluding' and quote the relevant section of the 1997 Act. Some earlier listed building records may use the word 'excluding', but if the Act is not quoted, the record has not been revised to reflect subsequent legislation.

Listed building consent is required for changes to a listed building which affect its character as a building of special architectural or historic interest. The relevant planning authority is the point of contact for applications for listed building consent.

Find out more about listing and our other designations at www.historicenvironment.scot/advice-and-support. You can contact us on 0131 668 8914 or at designations@hes.scot.