Cart Shed, Ewesbank

This is an earlier or mid-19th century picturesque house situated on the west bank of the Ewes Water, facing the main road, and at the northeast corner of a courtyard. It is part of the former Buccleuch Estates sawmill complex and was the residence of R B Burnet, the estate’s architect (died circa 1920). The building, along with adjoining workshops, stores and a cottage, is now officially known as Ewesbank House and Adjoining Cottage, Workshops/Stores.

The main house is a two-storey building constructed of rubble stone with contrasting grey ashlar dressings, all set beneath graded slate roofs. Its elevations are predominantly twin-gabled, except at the west. Single windows with a 12-pane glazing pattern are found throughout. A barge-boarded inner porch is located at the east, featuring a shouldered doorway and a recessed third bay to the left. Projecting eaves and cusped bargeboards are present, along with two corniced central stacks.

Associated ranges include a western range, which has undergone alterations to the courtyard. The main elevation to the east features sash windows with 12-pane glazing, a segmental-arched blocked pend in the gabled central bay, and a slightly taller, three-bay southern block which has a twin-gabled south elevation. A northern range, including a cottage, returns south at the east end and has a north wing. A free-standing block to the southwest comprises a symmetrical three-bay former stable with a two-bay cart-shed, and contains a loft below the eaves.