West Range And Dairy, Farmsteading, Holestane

Walter Newall architect, circa 1830. Substantial 2-storey,

3-bay farmhouse, with (later) dairy built against steep slope

to east, extensive and much altered courtyard steading at

lower level beyond. Farmhouse: L-plan, with full-height rear

wing; built of coursed stugged ashlar with polished

dressings; low addition/outbuildings to rear probably circa

1879 and later. South elevation: later corniced square

central porch; sash windows throughout with 12-pane glazing;

square 1st floor windows in outer bays. Moulded eaves;

piended slate roof with coped central apex stack set

transversely. West elevation also 3 bays; gabled low addition

(with door) in re-entrant angle. Dairy: rises one storey

above slope (2 lower levels); pink ashlar; garage slapping in

south wall; mullioned east and north-facing windows with

latticed glazing; stacks with corniced square flues; piended

slate roof with axial ventilator; interior of dairy room (now

garage); walls, roof and floors all tiled, latter with

armorial crests; marble slabs against walls mostly now

removed.

Steading: built 1830/1, but substantially altered circa 1880,

probably by Charles Howitt; further alterations/additions

until 20th century, but essentially 4 ranges built around

courtyard with (? circa 1887) cattle courts both within court

and to south, beyond haybarn; detached cartshed to north,

piended square-plan small shed to south east. 2-storey ranges

red and pink ashlar, low masonry ranges mostly whitewashed

rubble, cattle courts and haybarn with cast-iron columns.

Long 2-storey north range has lean-to's at north, gabled tall

central bay with pend and clocks, west wing with forestair to

either flank, east wing with cartshed to courtyard; east

range mostly 2 storeys also: narrow pend on west range leads

to dairy. Cartshed to north built on 2 levels, single storey

with lofts and gable-head dovecot, forestair on each gable;

office now at south end. All roofs slated, some with

ventilators.