Drum

Drum is a farmhouse designed by William Burn, built around 1834, with a steading likely constructed by Walter Newall around the same time. The building is made of stugged and squared rubble with ashlar dressings, and the roofs are covered with graded slates.

The house has two storeys and features an asymmetrical design with gables and gabled dormer heads on the first floor. To the north, there is a low service wing that has been converted into a garage. The west elevation includes a canted ground floor window set in an advanced inner gable, while the outer bays are asymmetrically recessed. The long east elevation originally had two left bays that were recessed, with a porch filling the re-entrant angle. The porch was raised to full height in the late 19th century, and both inner bays have since been gabled. The skews are mostly saw-toothed, and there are coped end and axial stacks.

The steading is built around a cobbled rectangular courtyard and consists of two L-plan blocks separated by courtyard entries. The tall east range includes a three-bay stable, cartshed, and barn, featuring boarded loft openings. The wide north range has two tiers of glazed roof ventilators, while the west range has two roof levels, with an attic bothy accessible by a flight of cantilevered stone steps.