Coach House, Old Place Of Monreith

This is an early 17th century tower house of an unusual design, located at Old Place of Monreith. The main structure is a rectangular block with gables facing east and west, with a projecting wing to the south and a central, circular stair turret projecting to the north. The tower house is three stories high. It has undergone significant restoration in the 19th century and again in 1983, during which much of the original window dressings were lost or obscured by new harling. The external walls are a mix of rubble and render, with rendered window margins. A small, elliptical window on the projecting south wing is likely a reused element from an earlier structure. Within the rear stair turret, fragments of the original roll-moulded door jambs are visible in the restored doorway, with a panel above being heavily harled over. Modern sash windows with small panes are now in place. A modern door is located in the re-entrant angle on the south side. The roof is covered in modern slate, and there are modern, pedimented dormers – two to the south and one to the north – bearing the inscriptions "DT 1983" and "LKT (Landmark Trust)". The end skews have modern skewputts, and the tall, substantial north end stack rises from the wallhead, topped with thackstanes.

Attached to the property is a rectangular, gabled rubble carriage house with brick dressings, adjoining rubble boundary walls. The principal elevation features a brick surround to a single, segmental arch, flanked by an eight-pane window. A smaller four-pane window is located to the rear. The carriage house has a slate roof and a sandstone ridge. The tower house and carriage house are managed by The Landmark Trust, and were converted and restored in 1983 under planning permission TP/368/83.