Stable Block, Cairnsmore

This is an early to earlier 19th century stable block, originally forming a quadrangular courtyard layout, and now converted into residential use. The main range faces west, with a three-storey entrance bay; single-storey ranges extend to the north, east, and south. The construction is primarily painted rubble, with polished granite used for the entrance bay. Polished granite also defines the margins and corners of the west elevation.

The west (entrance) elevation has seven bays arranged as 1-2-1-2-1. A crowstepped-gabled bay dominates the centre, featuring a segmental-arched pend entrance at ground level, with a window above it on both the first and second floors. A circular window (oculus) is positioned in the gablehead, previously containing a clock, and a gablehead stack is topped with a modern decorative weathervane. Slightly projecting wall planes mark the outer left and right bays, showcasing segmental-arched openings at ground level – a boarded door is to the left, and a blocked entrance with two windows is to the right; first-floor windows are present in each of these bays. Regularly placed windows are found in the remaining bays, with smaller windows on the first floor.

The east (courtyard) elevation features a crowstepped-gabled bay at the centre, with a segmental-arched pend opening at ground level and windows on the first and second floors, as well as a gablehead stack. The fenestration is arranged asymmetrically to the left and right. The north elevation has a window at ground floor and a window to the left on the first floor of the return of the west range, and to the right; doors and windows, some enlarged and some blocked, are found on the single-storey range to the left. Numerous doors and windows open onto the courtyard, accompanied by a lean-to addition to the left.

The east range has four cart openings to the right of the west elevation, and is largely blank on the east elevation, with further extensions running east and adjoined to the northeast. The south range comprises a two-storey block to the west, above a single-storey range to the east. The two-storey block has a stone forestair leading to its door, a window on the first floor, and an enlarged window at ground level overlooking the courtyard; various windows are placed on the ground and first floors to the south. The single-storey range mostly features enlarged windows.

Most windows are sash and case, with four panes, although some six-pane windows are also present. Granite stacks are positioned as two ridge stacks on the west range, a gablehead stack on the south range, and two brick stacks on the north range. The roofs are piended and covered with graded grey slates, with modern roof tiles on the south pitch of the two-storey block to the south range. Doors and windows flank either side of the pend. Original stable stalls remain within the north section of the west range. The courtyard is paved with cobbles.