Mount House

Mount House is a house dating from the late 18th century, possibly incorporating an earlier wing. It features an elvan ashlar front with dressed granite quoins, sills, jambstones, and lintels, while the sides and rear are constructed from rubble. The building has steep scantle slate roofs with brick chimneys at the gable ends and a modillioned wooden eaves cornice at the front. The overall plan is U-shaped, with a two-room taller front that includes an entrance hall leading to a lean-to stair hall situated between two rear wings at right angles. The left wing is truncated, while the right wing is longer and sits on higher ground.

The exterior is three storeys high and nearly symmetrical, with a three-window east front. The doorway is slightly left of the center, and the right-hand window is wider due to a later inserted granite mullion. The door is from the 20th century and features an overlight, with reused ship's timber serving as the inner lintel. The windows are 4-pane horned sashes, likely from the late 19th or 20th century. The right-hand corner is splayed for access, with granite steps leading up to the doorway.

The interior has been partly inspected, focusing on the first and second floors. It may contain an original open-well stair with rectangular balusters and a ramped mahogany handrail, along with a late 18th-century moulded ceiling cornice. There are several 6-panel doors and one 2-panel door. During recent repairs in 1986, the date 1847 and the initials IB were found scratched on the ridge of the rear left-hand wing.