Portrack House

Portrack House is a villa built in 1879 by James Barbour, with parts of the structure dating back to the earlier 19th century. The building features a tripartite plan, with the original house incorporated at the rear. It is constructed from rubble with ashlar dressings, all painted, and has a roof covered with graded slates.

The original house has two storeys above a basement and a three-bay north elevation. It includes hood-moulded openings on the ground floor, where the cills have been lowered to the base course. The first floor has square windows with vertical glazing in the sashes, and there is a cill course present. The stacks are adorned with cavetto cornices, and the projecting eaves may have been re-roofed by Barbour.

The 1879 section of the house is designed in a picturesque style, primarily two storeys high, featuring a pyramidal-roofed three-storey square entrance tower that is off-centre. A large cross-window fills the bay next to the left of the tower, which leads to the hall inside. The left bay and flanks of the house have projecting windows that are gabled above the wall-head. The windows throughout the building are small-paned sash windows, and the eaves are also projecting.