Nether Catrine House, St Germain Street, Catrine

18th century in appearance, originally a rural Laird's house;

village of Catrine was subsequently built round about. 2

storeys plus attic, south front (now) 3 bays, 4-bay rear.

2 building phases; the earlier formed a plain rectangular-

plan and gabled house presumably 1682, the date of a panel

on the rear wall. Pedimented entrance bay, with urns, added

central on south front, probably in 3rd quarter of 18th

century, forming a T-plan house, most front windows altered

then also, with raised flat margin; and consoled cills

(single ground floor window enlarged c. 1950); perhaps the

wall-heads were raised then too; main cornice to front

relates to 18th century work, though skewputts above and

main cornice at rear are probably original. Stacks are 20th

century, but include single wall-head stack at rear. Steep-

pitched slightly bell-cast slate roof. Painted rubble and

ashlar dressings. Asymmetrical low flanking wings; east wing

may be 18th century and formerly contained a bakery (its door

now partly blocked to form a window) now used as garage

with big slapping; west wing dates probably from second half

of 19th century, is longer and has corrugated sheeting to

roof.

Inside, the house retains much early work; stair is contained

within added gable, many panelled timber doors in

architraves, stone basket-arched fireplace on east gable;

cornice plasterwork; 2 niches in the 1st floor room to west.