Loanhead Farm

Earlier nineteenth century, incorporating earlier fabric. 2-storey, 3-bay, gabled farmhouse with lower wings to N and S and flanking byre ranges forming U-plan courtyard to E (front). Random sandstone and whinstone rubble with sandstone ashlar dressings; squared, coursed, pinned rubble to front elevation of house. Raised base course, eaves course, quoin strips and window margins to front of house; raised margins to S byre.

HOUSE AND WINGS: 2-leaf non-traditional uPVC front door in roll-moulded ashlar architrave. Regular fenestration; slight relieving arches over ground-floor windows. Lower, probably earlier, 2-storey 2-bay wing to S (outer left) with 2 doors at ground, and single window at 1st floor. Single storey 2-bay wing to N (outer right) with door and narrow window. Irregular fenestration to rear with predominantly mid-20th century windows at ground. Lean-to outshot adjoining 2-storey wing.

Predominantly 4-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows; 12-pane glazing to 1st floor of S wing. Some non-traditional glazing to rear. Corniced, rendered stacks; some yellow clay cans. Ashlar-coped skews. Graded grey slate.

INTERIOR: decorative cornice in drawing room. Some timber panelled interior doors. Staircase balusters possibly boarded over.

S BYRE: early 19th century, possibly incorporating 18th century fabric. Pigeon loft, later doorway and ashlar-coped skews to E gable. Later lean-to addition to N. Corrugated iron roof. Roof piended to W.

N BYRE: probably earlier-mid 19th century. Random rubble; slate roof; gable to E with later entrance; piended roof to W; possibly earlier section extending to W; lean-to additions to N and S.

BOUNDARY WALLS, GATES AND GATEPIERS: coped random rubble boundary walls to E, S and W. High random rubble garden wall extending W from S byre with gateway enclosing court to front. Handsome corniced gatepiers to E of house with wrought-iron gate. Sandstone gatepiers with simple wrought-iron gate to W wall of garden.