Old Orchardton is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 November 1971. Farmhouse, steadings.
Old Orchardton
- WRENN ID
- keen-jamb-coral
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1971
- Type
- Farmhouse, steadings
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Early 19th century. 2-storey 3-bay farmhouse; to E 2 ranges
of single storey and attic rubble byres placed at right
angles to form 2 sides of square courtyard.
FARMHOUSE: painted rubble with squared quoins and raised
rendered margins. Symmetrical 3-bay frontage with single
light windows, sash and case with 12-pane glazing pattern.
Rear elevation similarly detailed with some plate glass
sashes; lean-to addition to ground floor. Slate roofs,
corniced axial stacks, flat skews, thackstanes.
STEADINGS: built at right angles, all rubble built. W range
built on steeply sloping site; single storey with 3 stable
doors to courtyard; that to left set within much larger
bricked-up opening. To right lower single storey stable range.
S range; large 2-storey barn with lower byre to E. Latter
much altered to courtyard elevation. All with good graded
slate roofs and sandstone ridges.
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