Craigs, Dumfries

Craigs is a house and steading built around a quadrangular courtyard, dating from around 1800. The structure is made of whitewashed rubble with contrasting margins. The house is a single storey with an attic above a raised basement, which is linked to a single storey steading range to the south that is now partly used for domestic purposes.

On the west elevation, the house features three bays with a recessed central door that is approached by steps leading down to the oversailing basement area. It has sash windows with a 12-pane glazing pattern, a band course at ground floor level, a cornice, and a deep blocking course. There are three piended wall-head dormers and end stacks. The courtyard elevation is asymmetrical, with a porch that has a swept roof and a mason's test piece incorporated above the lintel.

The steading, which is entered from the east side of the courtyard, is mostly single storey. The south range serves as a barn and includes a loft, while the north range features a two-storey block with a pyramidal roof; the lower part was probably originally a pend, and the upper level has a blind north-facing Venetian window that may have been a dovecot. The segmental-arched cart openings to the courtyard are mostly blocked, and other openings are square-headed. All roofs are slated.