The Old Manse, Manse Road, Dirleton

The Old Manse, located on Manse Road in Dirleton, is a house dating from the earlier to mid-18th century, which was altered in the early 19th century. It features a nearly symmetrical, two-storey design with seven bays, along with a single-storey cottage and an adjoining outbuilding, both of which were raised and embellished in the early 19th century. The structure is built of random rubble with droved ashlar dressings and chamfered arrises around most openings.

On the east elevation, there is a former central bipartite window, flanked by full-height gabled porches. The left porch has a doorway on its east side, while the right porch has a doorway on its north side. The upper part of the walls is partly harled, with openings on the first floor facing east and north. Narrow slits are present in the gableheads, which feature gablet skews and skewputts topped with finials. Each side has two outer bays, with the left side interrupted by a single-storey, early 19th-century cottage at right angles. This cottage is connected to the right porch, which leads to a gabled single-bay outbuilding. There is also a further recessed gabled outbuilding to the right, which has been converted into a garage. The main house has three wallhead dormers, which are gabled and finialled, located in the centre and outer bays.

The single-storey cottage has a tripartite stone mullioned light on its east elevation and is gabled as previously described. The north side has three openings, one of which is blind, while the south side features a gabled porch accessed from the east.

The west elevation displays irregular openings, some of which have been enlarged. It also has three piend-roofed slate-hung dormers, with the smallest located in the centre. The north and south gables feature projecting and battered stacks, along with adjoining single-storey buildings. The windows throughout the property have a variety of small pane glazing in sash and case style. The roof is slated, with straight skews and coped stacks that include linked diamond ashlar stacks above. To the west, there is a walled garden enclosed by a high, random rubble wall with a rubble coping.