Alastrean House

A G Sydney Mitchell, 1903 with modern additions. 2-storey, 5-bay hip-roofed central block with 3-bay gabled wings, U-plan, 17th century, Baroque Revival style former hunting lodge. Drum towers with candle-snuffer roofs flanking main entrance. Aberdeen bond pink granite. Moulded eaves course. Rectangular windows.

North (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 5-bay central block with single storey, advanced gabled porch to centre in rusticated granite. 2-leaf timber door flanked by blocked pilasters supporting polished granite plaque inscribed, 'COMRADES OF ALL THE BRAVE THE FAITHFULL AND THE TRUE AND IN GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE FEW.' Gablehead roughly carved with RAF arms and inscription, 'ALASTREAN HOUSE, IN MEMORY OF MY SONS SIR ALASTAIR, SIR RODERIC SIR IAIN MACROBERT'. Windows flanking entrance piece. Engaged 2-stage, drum towers flanking porch terminating in candle-snuffer roofs breaking eaves. Plain regular fenestration to outer bays. 3-bay advanced gabled wings flanking main block to form front courtyard. Modern 4-bay blocks, built in sympathetic style, abutting outer corners of wings.

South (REAR) ELEVATION: 9-bay, regular fenestration. Triple central bay with plaques bearing the arms of Lord Aberdeen carved to upper storey, flanked by engaged drum towers. Plain outer bays flanked by additional engaged drum towers to corners. 2-storey, rectangular-plan irregular advanced wing to outer right with timber forestair linking garden to billiard room.

East (SIDE) ELEVATION: obscured by modern additions in similar style.

West (SIDE) ELEVATION: irregular fenestration with advanced single storey, bipartite window to centre, large modern U-plan additions (2001-2) in similar style abutting to outer left (northwest).

Multi-pane upper case, plate glass lower, timber frame sash and case windows. Grey slates, lead flashing, solar panels to S facing roof. Hipped roof with coped ridge stacks.

INTERIOR: plain but elegant 1960s timber panelling and plasterwork throughout following 1958 fire. Except billiard room in south wing which retains original Jacobethan style panelling with ornate pilasters and strapwork carving over fireplace.

SUNDIAL: freestanding narrow Salomonic column on plinth, blocked at centre, terminating in plain capital bearing bronze dial.