Broughton House, 10-12 High Street, Kirkcudbright

Broughton House, located at 10-12 High Street in Kirkcudbright, is a classical detached house dating from the mid-18th century. It features a symmetrical façade facing High Street, with two storeys above a basement and a projecting two-storey and basement wing to the right, now known as 10 Castledykes Walk. The building is constructed from rubble and has painted moulded architraves. The central entrance door is adorned with a decorative fanlight, frieze, and cornice, flanked by four windows, while the first floor has five windows, all fitted with 12-pane sash windows. The house has a central pedimented gable with scrolled skewputts, end stacks, and a slate roof. The windows in the wing have margins. The house is raised and set back, with a courtyard enclosed by early 19th-century cast-iron railings and gates. There is a cellar, possibly belonging to an earlier house, located beneath the forecourt.

The rear elevation features three storeys and an attic, with a large four-storey bow added in the mid-19th century, which includes large 30-pane sashes on the first and second floors. The remainder of the rear has irregular fenestration and a dormer. To the left is a long gallery wing with a lower studio projecting to the west.

Inside, there are some notable mid-18th-century panelling, doors, and shutters in the hall and the room to the south, along with a very simple staircase with cut strings. The hall features a Roman Doric chimneypiece.

The gallery was designed by John Keppie for E A Hornel between 1909 and 1910. It is panelled with a deep frieze that imitates the Elgin Marbles and has an elaborate chimneypiece with a steel grate and a low relief panel depicting children playing pipes. The over-mantel is heavily bracketed with a shaped pedimented head. There is a screened recess with a window seat on the north wall, and the studio to the west includes a gallery and a tall Gothic window and door, all top-lit.

The garden features two late 17th-century style gatepiers with pineapple finials and cast-iron gates that separate the terrace from the garden. It includes several fine examples of 17th and 18th-century sundials and is laid out in a Japanese style, which is a rare example of this fashion in Scotland. The garden contains rock gardens, a lily pool, stepping stones, and small plots divided by low box or other hedging.