Cheeseburn Grange

Cheeseburn Grange is a country house built in 1813 by John Dobson for Mr. Riddel, with an older core. Significant additions were made to the east side around 1860 by J.A. Hanson, but these were demolished around 1973 under the supervision of P. Elphick. The house is constructed of ashlar stone and features a Lakeland slate roof in the Tudor-Gothic style. It stands two storeys high with attics and has a front block that measures five bays wide and three bays deep, with two lower projecting wings at the rear.

The entrance side has a taller central bay that is castellated. There is a moulded plinth and a castellated porch with a Tudor-arched doorway. Above the porch is a tall five-light window with two transoms, pointed-arched heads to the lights, and a hoodmould. The central bay is flanked by buttresses that rise to form corniced turrets above the central tower. The flanking bays feature tripartite windows under hoodmoulds. To the left, there is an addition of one tall storey with a single bay that has a three-light mullioned-and-transomed chapel window with arched heads. The tall parapet has four-light pierced panels of Gothic tracery above each bay. The roof is hipped and has octagonal ridge stacks with five conjoined shafts topped with castellated features.

On the right return, there are five bays with tripartite windows set in Tudor-arched recesses, each with floating cornices. The top cornice is boldly moulded, and the parapet is similar to that on the front.

Inside, there is an open-well staircase; the lower parts, possibly by Hanson, feature twist balusters and beasts on the newels, while the upper part is by Dobson and includes small Gothick pointed arches. The chapel, designed by Dobson, has a panelled ceiling supported by five moulded Tudor arches with decorative corbels and an open-work Gothic reredos. The library contains built-in Gothic bookshelves.

In the cellar, the walls are eight feet thick, and there is an early 17th-century doorway with a multi-moulded surround. The ceiling is shallow and segmental with an iron vault.