Kirkconnel House

Kirkconnel House is a composite house with its origins in a 16th century structure, which has undergone five additional building phases until 1823 when a tall private chapel block was added to the north. The tower house is designed in an L-shape, featuring three storeys with a gabled taller jam. It has mostly roll-moulded openings, with bipartite windows inserted at the south, and a corbelled parapet that encloses the roof. The building is constructed from rubble with red ashlar dressings.

A 17th century addition to the south of the tower house was completed in two phases, consisting of two storeys. The west elevation is harled and includes a blocked segmental-arched roll-moulded doorway, along with a single pedimented dormer head. There is a gabled wing, likely built in the first half of the 18th century, which extends east from the north end of the addition, completing a U-shaped house with an open court to the east. This court was later filled in the mid-18th century by a neat, symmetrical three-storey, five-bay house made of red brick, featuring red ashlar lintels, cills, quoins, and inner bay dressings.

The former chapel block is oriented east-west and is connected to the house by a low corridor. It is two storeys high, constructed of red brick, with segmental arched openings for the service area at ground level. The chapel and priest's room above have mostly round-headed openings, and there is a fore-stair along the long north wall, with lean-tos to the south. The glazing throughout the building consists mostly of small-paned sashes, and all roofs are covered with graded slates.

Inside, the tower house has a vaulted ground floor, while the chapel features a coved ceiling. Pilasters at either end of the chapel frame the altar recess and a raised family pew. At the rear (west) is a quadrangular court, with ashlar-coped brick-built walls linking the tower house and chapel. There are also brick outbuildings, likely from around 1800, located to the west, along with a slated pend.