Manse, Monifieth

The Manse in Monifieth, designed by David MacKenzie in 1829, is a two-storey, three-bay house that features classical detailing. At the rear, there is a lower two-storey service wing. The exterior is constructed from coursed stugged ashlar and coursed rubble, with ashlar dressings and dry dash on the east elevation. The roof is a slate platform, and the house has 12-pane sash and case windows throughout.

On the east elevation, there are giant angle pilasters and a shallow advanced central bay that includes a Doric portico and a recessed door with a transom light. The windows have raised margins, and there is a moulded band course and cornice at the first-floor level. The main cornice features a blocking course and anthemion at the corners of the central bay.

Both the east and west elevations have a two-bay, pedimented detail below the corniced central wallhead stacks. The glazing on the ground floor of the west elevation has been altered, and there are blind windows on the first floor (left) and both floors (left) on the east elevation.

The north elevation has symmetrical shouldered and corniced stacks. The service wing has a two-bay design with gable dormerheads and a skew gable that features a corniced and chamfered stack.

Inside, the Manse boasts decorative cornices and plain painted timber chimneypieces in the dining and drawing rooms, although the grates are not original. The drawing room also features a fine ceiling rose. The well stair has alternate decorative and plain cast-iron balusters with a timber rail, and there is an original cast-iron basket firegrate in the first-floor service wing.