Carriden House Stables, Bo'Ness

Early to earlier 19th century courtyard plan classical stables and steading with clock tower, now part-converted to housing. Coursed tooled sandstone to E elevation with predominantly coursed sandstone rubble to other elevations. Piended roofs to clock tower and advanced end bays of E range.

E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION, E RANGE: symmetrical, 7-bay with central 2-stage advanced rectangular clock tower with string courses and oculi to all faces at 1st floor (now blocked or empty). Cart arch at ground with 2-leaf timber door. 2-storey end bays advanced with cart arches at ground now with modern glazing.

N RANGE: single storey, now roofless range with central 3-bay farm worker's cottage flanked by former laundry to left and (possible) cow shed to right.

W RANGE: 2-storey, now roofless and floorless, steading and hayloft with advanced bay to left with cart arch opening at ground. Further cart arch opening to far left. Predominantly arrow slit openings to ground and 1st floor. To W elevation, further severely dilapidated outbuildings with mill and mill wheel containing machinery (not seen), now overgrown.

ANCILLARY BUILDINGS: within courtyard, long single storey building with pitched roof pitched low to S. Arched opening to W. Predominantly open to S with single massive square stone pier. Corrugated iron and felt roof. To NE, later small single storey sandstone rubble with pitched roof former potting shed in some disrepair.

INTERIOR: E range comprehensively modernised to form housing except tower.