Bowerhouse

Bowerhouse is a large, two-story Jacobean mansion dating from 1835, designed by David Bryce. It is accompanied by an adjoining service block to the east. The main house is constructed of Cullalo sandstone ashlar, with Bourhouse red sandstone used in the stable court and at the rear. Horizontal base and string courses are present. The windows feature stone mullions, architraves that are lugged and have nailhead centrepieces.

The north (entrance) elevation has three irregular bays. A five-sided canted bay is centrally placed, topped with scrolled, gabled dormerhead windows on the first floor and a pyramidal roof behind. To the right, a recessed gabled bay has an advanced and stepped stack and an armorial panel. A single-story porch sits in the re-entrant angle, with a tripartite window to the left and an open porch to the right. The open porch has rounded angles to its lintelled wide openings; a large studded, panelled door is featured, and a pierced strapwork parapet with an armorial sits above.

The west elevation, three bays wide, is linked to the porch on the outer left. A slightly advanced gabled bay to the left has a canted window at ground level and a parapet detail similar to the north elevation. The centre and right bays are joined at ground level by a wider canted window, detailed as the left bay, but with a tripartite centre window and two first-floor windows with gabled dormerheads.

The south elevation features a slightly advanced gabled outer bay to the left, along with a full-height rectangular projection and a mirrored strapworked parapet. Bays to the centre and right have gabled dormerheads.

The east elevation is defined by a red sandstone gabled service wing advanced to the right, with lower eaves.

Inside, the house has a decoratively tiled vestibule and fine Jacobean plasterwork ceilings with some gilding. Louis XV marble chimney pieces are present. A decorative wrought-iron balustrade lines the stair in the main stairwell, set against a stone flagged floor. A winding stone backstair provides secondary access.

The stables are arranged in a U-plan, with single-story side ranges containing blind windows. Above the main range are gabled haylofts with segmental carriage arches. The stalls have boarded fronts with shaped timber divisions and cast-iron columns topped with ball finials. The courtyard is enclosed by a curtain wall with obelisk finialled gatepiers.

Multi-pane glazing is used in the sash and case windows. The roof is covered with large grey slates, and tall diamond stacks, arranged in pairs and groups on pedestals with moulded coping, are visible. Gablet skews are topped with finials.

Terrace walls constructed of Cullalo ashlar have gablet coping and recessed panels, with seats built into the west wall. A decorative wrought-iron gate and a heptagonal stone wellhead with a saltire panel and decorative wrought-iron overthrow (added in 1927) contribute to the exterior details. Rubble boundary walls mark the property's limits.