Easter Clune

Dated 1719; later alterations. Single storey and attic, 3-bay, rectangular-plan traditional early 18th century house with 20th century additions and alterations forming T-plan. Lime-harled granite rubble. Chamfered reveals, polished sandstone margins to addition. Rubble base course; dressed stone base course and projecting cills to addition; gableted windows breaking eaves.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical, with addition to left. Small-pane glazed timber door to centre of ground floor, surmounted by tooled panel reading "AI-MS 1719"; window to flanking bays to left and right; regular fenestration with raised dormerheads to attic floor. Single bay link to left, panelled timber door flanked by 2 10-pane windows, small dormer to attic. Gabled, advanced addition dated "1988" to outer left; granite cheesepress to centred at ground floor, 2 windows to ground floor, single window to left of attic floor, 2 single pane windows wet in gablehead; window regular fenestration to ground and attic floor of right return, tooled date stone reading "GH-JF 1988" set in gable of attic window, 2 small windows flanking to right.

E ELEVATION: gabled; 8-pane window off-centre to left of ground and attic floors.

N ELEVATION: symmetrical 3-bay, with later additions to right. Window to centre bay of ground floor, window to centre bay of attic floor. Single link bay adjoining to right, with 2 4-pane windows to ground floor, window centred above; gabled bay advanced to outer right, 2 windows to ground floor, window off-centre to left of attic floor, 2 single pane windows set in gablehead; single window to left return.

W ELEVATION: asymmetrical; 4-bay. Gableted porch advanced to left of ground floor, window off-centre to right, wall with gateway advanced to left, adjoining single storey garage to W; panelled timber door to right return, window to left return. Window flanking porch to left and 3 windows to right. 3 windows to left of attic floor, tooled panel with painted Lion Rampant to centre, blind panels to left and right.

Predominantly 6-pane and 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Purple-grey slate roof with tiled and stone ridges. Stone skews with simple skewputts. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen 1999.

CHEESE PRESS AND BOUNDARY WALL INCORPORATING REMAINS OF CASTLE OF EASTER CLUNE: granite cheese press to left of S wall of house. Boundary walls to SE of house, random granite rubble, with vertical section of castle wall.