The Glebe (former Manse of St Fergus), Kirktown, St Fergus, Peterhead

Substantial two-storey, three-bay irregular plan former manse first dating to 1766 and later extended in 1839 and 1860. Comprising three parallel rectangular plan sections, each harled and with slate roofs.

The principal section to the south, including the front elevation, was designed by William Smith in 1860. The entrance has a central six-panelled door with a fanlight, a splayed ashlar granite surround and a granite stepped Tudor hoodmould. The windows have a four pane glazing pattern in timber sash and case frames and granite ashlar margins. The roof is pitched and has straight ashlar skews and block skewputts.

The middle section dates to around 1839. It has a double pitched roof with twin gables at the rear. It has nine pane timber sash and case windows at the ground floor and twelve pane timber sash and case windows at the second floor. A later double door opening has been inserted in the west side of this section.

The rear section dates to around 1766 and may incorporate alterations of 1804. It is single storey with an attic and has predominantly nine pane timber sash and case windows. There is a granite and brick chimney stack in the rear elevation. At the rear of the manse to the northwest there is a single storey, mono pitched extension with a collapsed slate roof.

The interior was seen in 2018 retains a number of features from each period of building. There is a stairwell with cast iron balusters rising from the ground floor to the attic level of the 1860 manse. This is enclosed by later 20th century partitions from the first floor level. There is a decorative cornice in the principal west ground floor room and plain cornices in the other principal rooms on the ground floor and first floor bedroom of the 1860 manse. The east room of the mid-18th century rear section has a flagstone floor.

Against the southeast corner of the manse there is a granite cheese press. There is also a granite hand mill to the left of the main entrance.