High Head Castle Eighteenth Century Wing

High Head Castle is an 18th-century country house in ruins, built on the site of a medieval castle between 1744 and 1747, likely by James Gibbs for the Brougham family. The building was partly destroyed by fire in 1956. It is constructed of red sandstone ashlar and features a string course, eaves modillions, an open balustraded parapet, and V-jointed quoins. Although it is roofless, it retains banded ashlar sandstone chimney stacks. The structure has two storeys and eleven bays, with a projecting pedimented three-bay center that includes carved ornamentation in the pediment. The central door is framed by an alternate-block surround with an entablature and pediment. The stone window architraves are also notable. The return and rear walls are partly in ruins, and the interior has been completely gutted. At the time of the survey, the building was derelict and unoccupied, and an application by the owner to demolish it was refused in 1985.