Orchardton House

Later 18th century house largely rebuilt and incorporated

into large 1881 Baronial mansion. Asymmetrical elevations

with lower 2-storey central block and taller advanced angle

bays, crowstepped gables, corbelled turrets, tall coped

stacks. An important internal feature is an elaborately

carved piscina/aumbry reset in hall. 2-storeys, attic and

basements. Bull-faced granite walling, polished margins and

quoins, thinly roll-moulded openings; some pinned rubble

walling to centre block indicates 18th-century work.

S elevation: 5-bay, taller advanced gabled end bays, that to

right with moulded sandstone neo-Jacobean pilastered

doorpiece, panel above inscribed WD 1851, RD 1921.

Double-leaf timber boarded doors with elaborately decorative

hinges. Over door at 1st, panel dated 1881, above this

projecting corbel-string course, corbelled canted oriel set

in gable. To extreme left bay, corbelled angle turrets flank

gable. Central 3 bays lower 2-storey with projecting canted

window to ground left. Deep plain parapet with false cannon

gargoyles. Windows single light or bipartite (tripartite to

ground left). Sash and case with 2-pane or plate glass

glazing.

Other elevations asymmetrical and similarly detailed with

full-height or corbelled round turrets with conical slate

roofs and lead spike finials. Band course over ground,

partial corbel course over 1st. All gables crowstepped with

stone finial, slate roofs, tall coped wallhead and axial

stacks.

Interior: mostly circa 1880 with some later details. Good

panelled stair hall with carved timber balusters, good carved

timber neo-Jacobean chimneypieces. Entrance hall with reset

medieval piscina/aumbry and mock baronial stone chimneypiece.