Gatepiers, Kirkton

This is a late 19th century former manse with associated 18th century farm buildings and walled garden, along with boundary walls and gatepiers.

The manse is a two-storey, three-bay, rectangular house, extended to form an L-shape with a lower, single-storey service wing and attic at the rear. It is constructed of coursed rubble granite with dressed stone surrounds. The roof is slate, piended with deep eaves, gablets to the sides, corniced ridge stacks with clay pots, and some piended dormers. Most windows are timber sash and case windows with four panes. The south-facing principal elevation overlooks the walled garden. The main entrance is a four-panel door with pilastered sides and an astragalled fanlight. Cast iron rainwater pipes and ashlar-coped skew blocks are on the service wing. A modern porch connects the service wing to the former steading. Inspection in 2016 revealed an interior staircase with cast iron balusters leading to the attic, with joinery and fireplaces largely dating to the late 19th century.

The former farm buildings mostly date to the 18th century. Originally L-plan and rectangular, they were linked in the 19th century to form a U-plan, with the central section rebuilt in the late 20th century. They are constructed of coursed rubble granite with a grey slate roof laid in diminishing courses. The buildings feature six-pane timber windows, ashlar-coped skew blocks to the gable ends, random rubble courtyard paving with drainage channels, and a stone forestair to the southwest.

The walled garden is contemporary with the farm buildings and is rectangular in plan. It is constructed of coursed rubble masonry on a sloping site; the northwest wall is slightly taller than the southeast wall.

The boundary walls are constructed of coursed rubble with round coping stones. Two pyramidal-capped stone gatepiers mark the road frontage.