Eccles

Eccles is a composite house originally built around a courtyard, with the north stabling range largely demolished in 1965. It was restored around 1830, with the south block likely constructed at that time, while the remainder of the house dates mostly from the second half of the 18th century, featuring various alterations. The building now has an L-plan layout, consisting of two single-storey ranges that connect taller two-storey square blocks at angles and at the ends. It was renovated in 1965 by architect Gordon J Kinghorn of Dumfries. The structure is rubble-built with ashlar dressings and is entirely whitewashed. The north and east blocks have single bay elevations and pyramidal roofs, with the former block now serving as a garage. The larger south block, which was widened to the rear in the later part of the century, features a two-bay southeast elevation with Venetian windows set in a full-height wide bowed bay, a panelled door to the right with a fanlight, and a piended roof. Most windows are small-paned sashes. The chimney stacks are either coped or corniced, with most being wall-head stacks, and there is a massive ridge stack in the low northeast range above the former kitchen. The roofs are covered with slate, mostly graded slates.

Inside, there is a massively thick wall at ground level between the entrance hall and the sitting room (to the northeast), which may be a remnant of an earlier tower house. The stair in the south block has been rebuilt in a later addition.