Mains Of Fasque House Including Ancillary Buildings And Gates, Fasque

Mid to later 19th century, extended. Well-detailed 2-storey and attic, 3-bay, gabled and finialled estate house sited at main S entrance to Fasque House policies, with later (circa 1900) single storey piended estate office wing and single storey with attic pavilion-roofed wing, both to rear. Coursed and squared narrow red sandstone blocks with some snecking and contrasting stugged sandstone quoins and margins; snecked (with some Aberdeen bond), large squared rubble blocks of red sandstone and black freestone to sides and rear of original house. Base course and deeply overhanging eaves with decorative brackets. Voussoirs and hoodmoulds to roundheaded doorway and narrow lights at S; bracketted cills; stone and timber mullions.

FURTHER DESCRIPTION: stepped principal elevation to S incorporating broad gable to left with canted window at ground, bipartite at 1st floor and narrow round headed attic light; narrow, gabled centre bay with 3-part vertically-panelled timber door and glazed semicircular fanlight below single window, narrow light on return to right at ground, and single window to each floor of set-back bay at right. W elevation to drive with gabled 2-storey bay set back at left and single storey office wing at right. Rear elevation with pavilion-roofed projection, partly clad with horizontally-boarded timber.

4-pane and plate glass glazing patterns in timber sash and case windows; coloured leaded glass to narrow light at ground S. Grey slates and metal rooflights. Coped ashlar stacks with full-complement of cans. Decorative cast iron finials.

INTERIOR: much fine interior detail retained including moulded plasterwork cornices, architraved timber doors, panelled timber reveals and shutters, brass sash lifts, cast iron radiators, vertically-panelled timber dadoes and many good timber fire surrounds with decorative cast iron grates. Encaustic-tiled porch floor leading to panelled screen door with coloured leaded glazing and fanlights, dado-panelled stair hall, timber dog-leg stair with plain balusters and decorative ironwork newel. Kitchen with bell box.

ANCILLARY BUILDING: early L-plan ancillary to SW with hayloft and Carmyllie slate roof of over red sandstone rubble.

GATES: decorative ironwork to 2-leaf vehicular gates at W.