Robertland House

Robertland House is a classical house, possibly designed by David Hamilton, built around 1820. It is a two-storey, three-bay structure with a mid-19th century two-storey extension at the rear. The building is constructed of sandstone ashlar, featuring raised, moulded architraves, with the rear painted in contrasting raised margins. Notable architectural details include a base course, cill courses, a cornice, and a blocking course.

The principal elevation showcases a central advanced pedimented bay. Shallow steps lead up to a central two-leaf timber panelled entrance door, which is framed by a Doric-columned doorpiece. The ground floor windows have floating cornices, and Doric pilasters adorn the outer aspects of the house. The windows are predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case, and the roof is covered with grey slates, featuring piended roofs and corniced wallhead stacks with decorative polygonal cans.

Inside, as observed in 2008, the original room layout remains largely intact, with four-pane timber doors and some simple cornicing.

To the east, there are outbuildings that include a single-storey and attic three-bay cottage, along with a long single-storey outbuilding to the north. These structures are made of rubble, some of which is painted, and feature raised margins. The windows are predominantly 4-pane sash and case timber, with grey slate roofs, raised skews, and ridge and gable stacks, although some cans are missing.

Further east is a two-storey, four-bay cottage with a piended roof, constructed of rubble with raised cills. It has 12-pane sash and case timber windows on the ground floor and small, 6-pane fixed windows on the upper storey, along with a two-leaf boarded timber door. This cottage has wallhead stacks and is adjacent to a tall rubble wall at the rear.

The property includes a walled garden of approximately 0.8 acres, featuring a virtually intact rubble wall that incorporates several 16th-century stones from the old Robertland castle, located to the southeast and currently designated as a Scheduled Monument. The stone over the gateway to the walled garden is inscribed with the initials IR and AR, along with the Royal Arms of Scotland. Another panel bears the inscription "1597" and the Latin phrase "VITA POST FINE ERAVERIT," which translates to "there will be life after the end."