Glassaugh

Glassaugh is a significant classical house originally built around 1770, with elements from the 17th century, and later re-cast by Archibald Simpson in 1840. The building features mainly tooled ashlar stone with polished ashlar dressings, although some rubble is visible on the ground floor and at the rear.

The south elevation, dating from 1840, presents a symmetrical three-storey, seven-bay front with slightly advanced outer bays. The central entrance on the ground floor shows signs of damage from the removal of a former columned portico. The first-floor windows, including those in the center and outer bays, have moulded architraves, while the second floor features smaller windows. The design includes a deep eaves band, cornice, and blocking course.

The east elevation has two three-storey return bays, while the rest of the elevation is lowered to two storeys, featuring a centrally advanced bowed bay.

The west elevation represents the former main front of the circa 1770 mansion, consisting of three storeys and five wide bays, with slightly advanced outer bays marked by rusticated quoins. The central first-floor and outer bays have pedimented windows with bracketed cills and lugged architraves. The deep cornice and blocking course continue from the south front. The windows on the west elevation have 12-pane glazing, while the south front features 8- and 10-pane casements. Most of the chimney stacks are arranged in batteries of three square flues linked by a corniced cope from 1840, although a later 19th-century hipped stack remains at the north wallhead. There is also a single-storey rear service range.

Inside, there is a later 18th-century staircase located on the west side of the house, and an 1840 staircase in the centre stairwell of the south front, accessed through a former entrance lobby. Both staircases are in poor condition and lack balustrades. The mansion has been largely gutted, with little remaining except for some later 18th-century raised and fielded window shutters and 1840 beaded panelled window shutters.