Howcleuch

Howcleuch is a house, likely designed by David Bryce around 1867, accompanied by a detached steading that may have also been modified by him.

The house is a single-storey and attic, three-bay farmhouse featuring a low west wing with a T-plan roofline. It is constructed from stugged ashlar coursers with polished dressings. The wide bipartite windows have wooden mullions, and there are bracketed eaves. The south elevation showcases an advanced gable on the left, a gabled timber porch in the re-entrant angle, and a wall-head dormer on the left. It has apex and wallhead stacks, along with a projecting chimney breast in the gable of the west wing. The entire structure is roofed with graded slates.

The steading is a large complex primarily built in the 19th century, consisting mainly of single-storey ranges. The northern ranges feature loft openings that break through the eaves and have pedimented dormer heads. The steading is rubble-built with ashlar dressings and crow-stepped gables, all topped with slate roofs. There is a detached hay barn that is deep in plan with three roof ridges, and circular gatepiers that are also ashlar-built.