Stable House, Parton House

Stable House, Parton House, designed by architects Peddie and Kinnear in 1884, is a large asymmetrical gabled villa with two storeys and an attic. The building features squared whinstone with polished cream ashlar dressings.

The entrance front has a three-bay full-height section with a lower two-storey service wing to the right. The three main bays include a Scots Renaissance doorway on the left with double-leaf panelled doors. Above the door, there is a panel dated 1884 and a bipartite window. The centre bay is lower and recessed, featuring a four-light window on the ground floor and a tripartite window above. The right bay has a canted window on the ground floor and a tripartite window above.

On the garden elevation, there are three bays with two full-height Bryce-derived canted windows that have projecting jerkin-headed gables. All windows are mullioned and transomed at ground level, with sash and case designs featuring plate glass glazing. A corbelled string course runs over the ground floor level. The steep gabled bargeboarded eaves are supported by brackets, and there are tall brick stacks, some of which have been partially cut down. The steeply pitched gabled roofs are covered with modern red tiles, although they were originally red tiles. The rear service court has been partially demolished, and a conservatory has been built on the site, using original stonework for the base courses.

The interior retains much of its original panelling, chimneypieces, plasterwork, and other features.

The stables, located at NX 68492 70878, consist of a long single storey and attic range, constructed from whinstone with cream ashlar dressings. An off-centre depressed arch provides access to the stables, with carriage houses to the right. All ground floor windows are single light, while the first floor features bipartite windows. All windows are sash and case with multi-pane glazing. The stables have recently been re-roofed in red tiles, originally red clay tiles, and include brick axial stacks.