Laundry, Auchterhouse Mansion

This is a late 19th century laundry building located to the east of Auchterhouse Mansion House. It is a single-story, rectangular structure with six bays and is constructed of white painted brick. A distinctive saw-toothed eaves course runs along the roofline, and projecting ashlar cills feature beneath the windows. The openings have a segmental head. An off-centre entrance door is topped with a fanlight, and a boarded laundry chute opening is visible on the west elevation. The windows are 12-pane top-hopper sashes, and the roof is mono-pitched with grey slates, complemented by brick end stacks.

The interior, as seen in 2011, includes a coomb ceiling lined with sheet asbestos, along with original drying racks, a boarded laundry chute enclosure, and a linen press labelled 'A Gibe, Nottingham Place'. Three vitreous enamelled sinks, a water tank, and an electric boiler are attached to the south wall.

The laundry is part of a group of structures at Auchterhouse, which includes the Old Mansion House, a dovecot, a lodge and gatepiers, a stable, coach house and squash court, a road bridge over Auchterhouse Burn and a weir.

This laundry is a rare example of an unaltered, purpose-built estate laundry building, retaining many original fixtures. Large estates commonly constructed specialized laundry buildings to provide modern conveniences. The building's design features a plan of two rooms: one for washing and another for ironing. It displays good brick detailing, such as the saw-toothed eaves course and the coursed brick stacks. The laundry’s construction is significant in understanding the development of Auchterhouse estate and enhances the architectural and historical context of the Old Mansion House.

Auchterhouse has a long history, having been held by the Ogilvy of Airlie, Earls of Buchan, Earls of Strathmore, and returning to the Ogilvys in 1715. The Old Mansion House incorporates fragments of a 13th-century castle, once owned by Sir John Ramsey, an associate of William Wallace. In 1308, Ramsey entertained Wallace and 300 followers at the property following their return from Flanders. The ruinous tower to the southeast of the house, known as Wallace Tower, commemorates this visit and is a Scheduled Monument.

The building was formerly known as "Auchterhouse Old Mansion House Hotel Laundry."