Coldstone Manse

Coldstone Manse is a two-storey with attic, three-bay, M-gabled former manse dating to 1783, with a porch added in 1826. The house is constructed of harled granite and features regular fenestration. It is a partial double-pile building.

The south (principal) elevation presents a three-bay design with regular window placement. A shouldered, gabled porch is centrally advanced, featuring a timber-panelled door and a letterbox fanlight. Canted roof dormers with piended roofs are visible in the attic.

The north (rear) elevation displays an advanced gabled bay to the centre left, returning to the left with a cheese press built into the wall, flush with the return of the west elevation. An M-gable is located on the right-hand side.

The east (side) elevation has a two-bay gable and a single-storey timber lean-to outhouse. The west (side) elevation exhibits a four-bay M-gable.

The windows are four-pane, sash and case. The roof is covered in grey slates with lead flashing, finished with scrolled skewputts, coped skews, and gable stacks.

The interior of the house was not inspected in 2002.

A single-storey, seven-bay, E-plan gabled steading is located nearby. It features predominantly regular fenestration with numerous cartshed openings and is constructed of squared granite courses, with grey slates, lead flashing, and coped skews. A semicircular walled garden with a coped rubble wall is situated behind the steading.

Formerly known as Kirklands of Coldstone and originally Coldstone Manse, the building represents a typical late 18th-century improvement era house, exhibiting a symmetrical design with a central doorway and rectangular windows in each bay, aligned both on the ground and upper floors. This architectural style is consistent with Scottish buildings constructed after 1750, and built according to mathematical proportions. It is a fine example of typical Scottish architecture of the late 18th century. Notable features include the cheese press integrated into the rear wall and the walled garden and steading.