Craigs, Dumfries

Circa 1800. House and steading built around quadrangular

courtyard. All whitewashed rubble, house with contrasting

margins. House: single storey with attic over raised basement

linked to single storey steading range at south, now part

domestic; west elevation: 3 bays, recessed central door

approached by steps oversailing basement area, sash windows,

12-pane glazing pattern; band course at ground floor level;

cornice; deep blocking course; 3 piended wall-head dormers;

end stacks; asymmetrical courtyard elevation: porch to

courtyard with swept roof, and mason's test piece

incorporated above lintel. Steading (Courtyard entered from

east): mostly single storey, south range (barn) with loft;

north range with pyramidal-roofed 2-storey block (lower part

probably originally a pend; upper level, with blind north-

facing Venetian window, may have been a dovecot); segmental-

arched cart openings to courtyard mostly blocked; other

openings square-headed. All roofs slated.