Nos 27 And 29 With Outbuilding Attached To No 29

Nos. 27 and 29, with the attached outbuilding to No. 29, are a house and cottage dating from the early 18th century, with a later 18th-century addition forming part of No. 27. The buildings are constructed of finely-coursed, tooled sandstone, with herringbone tooling to the extension. They have pantiled roofs with stone ridge details, copings, kneelers and stacks.

No. 27 has an older section on its right-hand side, consisting of two wide bays over two storeys. It features a sloped plinth, an off-centre boarded door within a chamfered surround. A fire window is positioned to the right, and a chamfered window, where a mullion has been lost, is located to the left, with a small inserted window further to the left. Above are two and three-light stone-mullioned windows. A set-back lower section to the left has modern windows and an extruded porch with a boarded door, along with a single-storey extension, also with modern windows. Corniced end chimneys are present on both the main house and the set-back section. Block and moulded kneelers are similarly detailed.

No. 29, situated lower down, also has two storeys and two wide bays. An off-centre 20th-century door is set within a narrowly-chamfered surround. To the left is a chamfered window where the mullion has been lost, with an early 19th-century sash window inserted. A small window is located to the right. On the first floor, a sash window has been inserted into an old chamfered reveal, with a small inserted window under the eaves. It’s suspected the building may have originally been a longhouse with a byre on the right, which has since been incorporated into the house, and with the addition of the outbuilding. The outbuilding has two stable doors and an inserted garage door, with three loft doors above. A curved kneeler is present on the right-hand end.

A brick lean-to on the right is not considered to be of particular interest. The interior has not been inspected, but a panelled box bed is illustrated in the RCHM volume.