Castleton House Including Gatepiers

Circa 1830, incorporating earlier fabric; alterations by Dick Peddie and Kinnear dated 1875; turreted entrance wing dated 2000 by Crera and Partners - see Notes. 2-storey and attic, irregular plan, picturesque Victorian house comprising 2-bay section to centre, advanced gabled wing with pointed-arch attic windows and lean-to greenhouse to S and Scots-Baronial entrance wing to N. Painted harl with polished sandstone ashlar dressings. Raised margins. Overhanging eaves with scalloped timber bargeboarding throughout.

FURTHER DESCRIPTION: PRINCIPAL (E) ELEVATION: central 2-storey, 2-bay block with canted tripartite window to right and stone tablet above dated 1875; windows at 1st floor breaking eaves with finialled dormerheads. To left, 3-storey gabled wing with wide canted window surmounted by cast-iron balcony; tripartite window at 1st floor; tripartite pointed-arch windows above, all with diamond lattice glazing; spike finial to gable apex. Single-storey outshot with balustraded parapet to right. Turreted wing to far right in Scots-Baronial manner with conical cap entrance stairtower and corbelled-out corner turret at NE angle, both with ball and spike finials. S ELEVATION: large, timber lean-to conservatory; gabled porch outshot to left. Rear (W) elevation comprising 4 gabled ends in stepped arrangement.

Range of converted outbuildings including detached stable block to rear of house (converted to self-contained flat - 2003) and boathouse with later timber parapet fronting lochside.

INTERIOR: arched stone fireplace to drawing room with early timber panelling throughout; fine plaster cornice added circa 2000. Elsewhere, variety of marble and carved hardwood fireplaces. Unusual leaded glass cupola to main stair with decorative coloured glass roundels.

Predominantly timber glazed sash and case windows. Grey slate. Variety of ridge stacks, some with tall octagonal clay cans.

GATEPIERS: square, chamfered piers with keyhole carving and swept pyramidal caps.