Herdmanston Steading

Herdmanston Steading, built around 1805, is a quadrangular stable block that includes a cottage range to the north, a classical stable range to the south, a carriage range to the west, and a cartshed to the east. The building is constructed of rubble with droved ashlar dressings, particularly notable on the south elevation of the stable range.

The south range features a nine-bay classical facade with the center and outer bays breaking the eaves, showcasing recessed round arched panels, impost bands, a cornice, and a blocking course. The former entrance in the center is currently blocked and converted into a window, while the remaining bays have blinded windows. A sliding door for machinery has been inserted at the east end, and the openings to the courtyard have been blocked. The roof is a piend style covered with grey slates. Inside, the walls are whitewashed, showing evidence of former stall divisions and niched hay-heck recesses, with a scissor beam timber roof.

The north range consists of two-storey cottages with nine bays and a central doorway. The former segmental carriage arches to the left have been blocked and converted into windows, while there are windows to the right on the ground floor and one window in each first-floor bay, except for the penultimate bays. The courtyard elevation is asymmetrical, with a rubble wall abutting at the center. Above the doorway to the left of center is a heraldic semi-circular panel of the Sinclair family, dated 1647, which was removed from earlier stables or from Herdmanston House before 1913. The keystone above the door is dated 1805 and features the initial "S."

The west range is open at the north end and has four low segmental carriage arches on the courtyard elevation, one of which is blocked, along with a doorway to the south.

The east range has a blank outer elevation and gabled cartsheds facing the courtyard, supported by cast-iron columns. The cottages feature plate glass sash and case windows. The south and west ranges are covered with grey slates, while the gabled cottages and cartsheds have pantiles.