Kirkness Cottage

Kirkness Cottage is a house dating from the late 16th century, with restoration work carried out in the 20th century. It is timber-framed, rendered, and has a pantile roof. The building has two storeys and features two first-floor rooms, along with a lower two-storey, one-bay addition on the right side. The main range has a central 20th-century door, with a panelled passage door to the left and small-paned windows to the right and on the first floor. There is a wall plate beneath the eaves and an end stack to the right. The addition has 20th-century windows. The left return shows the first floor and gable, revealing the wall posts and curved braces of the original timber-framing, with applied timber to the gable. The interior was not inspected during the resurvey, but a previous examination around 1980 recorded wall posts, two roof trusses with collars, purlins, and common rafters. One truss was closed with studs on wattle and daub panels. The building is partly cut out of the bedrock, and its original plan consisted of a single room with a cross passage and fire bay, with all original features still intact.