Outbuilding 30 Metres North Of Hayrake Farmhouse, With Adjacent Ruin To North

This building is an outbuilding located 30 metres north of Hayrake Farmhouse, dating from the late 16th century or early 17th century. It features a slightly later second bastle added to the north and has undergone alterations. Constructed from rubble with heavy, roughly-shaped quoins and stone dressings, it has a 20th-century asbestos roof. The structure is two storeys high and was originally designed with two bays on each floor.

The elevation facing the farmyard includes a ground-floor slit window and a first-floor boarded door with a triangular head and chamfered surround. To the left, there is a 20th-century barn door with a pitching opening above it. The left return side has a blocked door with a wooden lintel and a 18th-century outshut to the left. The right return features a blocked central door with a triangular head, and above it, to the left, is a square-headed door with a chamfered surround.

Inside, there is a central principal-rafter truss with a collar and two levels of purlins. The south gable has a recessed flue supported by corbels that once held the original stack. Adjacent to the outbuilding is a ruined bastle to the north, which has a north gable featuring a central triangular-headed doorway and a small rectangular window above. The extended bastle was home to Thomas Williamston, a dissenter (Quaker) who died in 1690, and his grave is located 50 metres south of the present farmhouse.