Ardwall House

Ardwall House is an original house built around 1762, with late 19th century additions that include flanking pavilions designed in 18th century style by the architects Leadbetter and Fairley from Edinburgh. The building has two storeys, attics, and a basement, featuring harled walling, red sandstone architraves, and rusticated quoins.

The entrance front is a symmetrical five-bay 18th century house with boldly advanced 19th century pavilions. It has a wide flight of steps leading to a Roman Doric porch with a pediment, which features a delicate frieze of rosettes and bucrania. The entrance includes an astragalled fanlight and double-leaf doors. All windows are architraved with bracketed cills; the original house has single light windows, while the pavilions feature large Venetian windows on the ground floor. All sash and case windows have 12-pane glazing.

The garden front presents a symmetrical elevation that is slightly plainer in its dressings, with openings that are simply margined, yet similar to the entrance front. There are steps with a stone balustrade leading to a central door with a semi-circular fanlight. The ground floor windows of the 18th century section were lengthened in the 19th century. The flanks are detailed like the entrance front, with pairs of tall rusticated stacks at the wallhead. The building has piended slate roofs and tall rusticated stacks placed axially.

Inside, there is notable 18th century plasterwork and woodwork on the shutters and doors, as well as a staircase adorned with good plaster cornices and roses. The pavilion to the right was gutted by fire around 1945 and has since been re-roofed.