Bridge, Eaglescairnie House

Eaglescairnie House is a substantial mansion with a complex building history, likely evolving from an earlier L-plan house of the early 18th century. This original house included a stair block in the re-entrant angle, and may have been built on the site of a late 16th century house – a pediment dated 1595 is incorporated into the stable block. A three-storey rectangular block was added to the south in the earlier 19th century, effectively doubling the size of the mansion at the time, with simultaneous alterations to the earlier fabric. By the mid-19th century, a further three-storey bay was added to the east, and the main entrance was moved to the south, given a classical porch. A service court was formed to the northwest through the addition of irregular, piend-roofed outbuildings likely dating from the same period. The entire house was substantially rebuilt before 1939 following a fire around 1930.

The house is constructed of rubble cream sandstone with harl pointing to earlier work, and broad droving to the dressings. Grey ashlar dressings are used on the mid 19th century additions.

The south block has an irregular elevation, featuring an advanced, canted bay off-centre to the left, a bay to the left, and two bays to the right. A wide, later bay is advanced to the outer right. The principal floor has tall windows, while the ground and principal floors of the outer right bay have tripartite windows. A corniced ashlar porch, added in the mid-19th century, is centrally placed, featuring a keystoned, moulded door surround with two-leaf panelled doors. Side elevations each have two bays, with a two-storey corniced canted bay added to the east elevation.

The original L-plan house retains some windows with relieving arches, indicative of its 18th century origin, although many have been altered. Scrolled skewputts are visible on the ashlar coped skews of later additions, indicating a lowered roof pitch. End stacks are also present. The stair block features chamfered angles and a piend roof.

Service buildings include a rectangular range added to the north end of the north-south wing of the L-plan house, with a single storey and piend roof. Two interlocked blocks are situated on falling ground to the west, added to the northwest corner of the east-west wing of the L-plan house.

The windows are sash and case, with a square and horizontal 12- and multi-pane glazing pattern. The roof is covered in grey slates.

The interior was largely destroyed by fire around 1930. Surviving features include an elliptical, cantilevered stone staircase with a timber balustrade, located within the stair block, dating from the 18th century, and an ornate mid-18th century white marble chimney piece in the east drawing room, which was brought from the Senate Room of Edinburgh University's Old Quad.

A large walled garden, with rubble walls of varying heights, partly brick lined and partly harl pointed, is located to the west of the house. A gateway to the east features a brick segmental archway and a stone overthrow with a decorative wrought-iron gate. A decorative, late 19th century hot-house of rectangular plan is situated in the southeast quarter of the garden.

A single-span rubble bridge, likely dating from the 19th century, crosses a burn to the west of the house and near the service buildings. It has a round arch and semi-circular coping to the parapet.