Steading And Cottage Including Boundary Wall, Cairnhandy Farmhouse

Cairnhandy Farmhouse is an early 19th century, two-storey, three-bay rectangular-plan farmhouse with a lean-to addition on the outer right side. The farmhouse features harled walls, while the steading is made of painted rubble with painted margins around the openings. The steading is located to the north and is divided by a road.

The southeast elevation, which serves as the entrance, has a timber and glass door at the center with a letterbox fanlight above it. There is a single window aligned with the first floor, and additional single windows flanking both the ground and first floors. The southwest elevation has a single off-centre window at the ground level.

The windows are plate glass timber sash and case types. The roof is covered with grey slate, featuring stone skews, coped gablehead stacks, and octagonal chimney cans. The interior was not seen in 1999.

The steading and cottage consist of a 16-bay range, grouped in a 10-6 configuration, which is single and two-storey and located to the northeast of the farmhouse. There are single windows at the outer left and right ends, and eight entrances to the 10-bay range. Originally, there were four segmental-arched entrances, three of which have been converted to rectangular-plan stable entrances. A timber and glass entrance door is located near the center of the two-storey, six-bay range on the outer right. The ground floor has altered door and window openings, with two single windows on the outer left and a double window to the right of the door. There is an entrance to the penultimate bay on the right and three small single windows on the first floor. A modern structure opposite bears a crest of arms. There is also a single and two-storey irregular-plan range on the opposite side of the road, with slate and asbestos roofs.

The site is enclosed by rubble boundary walls.