Kennels, Birse Castle

The kennels at Birse Castle, designed by George Bennett Mitchell in 1905, are a single-storey, five-bay structure with a rectangular plan and a run to the south. The building is constructed from pink granite rubble with long and short dressings and features crowstepped gables.

On the south elevation, which is asymmetrical, there are four boarded timber doors corresponding to four bays on the left. A rubble wall with modern railings encloses three dog runs, each with an iron gate, granite post, and drinking bowl. There is a circular tower at the outer right angle that has a single window and a conical roof topped with a lead spherical finial.

The east elevation is gabled and blank, with the tower located at the left angle. The north elevation is also asymmetrical, featuring a gabled bay that advances to the right with a window in the centre, another window to the left bay, and three irregularly placed skylights on the roof. The west elevation is gabled and blank, with a wall of the run extending to the right.

The building predominantly has eight-pane timber windows and a graded grey slate roof with a tiled ridge. There is a coped wallhead stack on the north side with a circular can, and cast-iron rainwater goods are present.

Inside, there have been some alterations, but the structure remains largely intact. The walls of the run are lined with cement.