Keavil House, Crossford

Keavil House is an early 19th-century house, with alterations undertaken by R. R. Anderson around 1890. It stands with a service court to the north. The exterior is rendered, with ashlar window and door surrounds, quoins, an eaves course, and a cornice.

The east elevation features a replacement entrance and a modern flat-roofed porch to the far left. A bow canted stone surround features a single first-floor window with a swept hood. An advanced, single-bay, piended section is located to the right, with a central window. The right return has two first-floor windows, with one set into an angled wall. A modern porch obscures the former entrance door. A slightly advanced, pedimented single bay to the right displays a corniced, bow-canted ground floor window and a Venetian window above. A curved service wing, set back to the right, sweeps eastwards, with three ground and three first-floor windows. This wing continues further back to the right, exhibiting a pedimented gable wall, a central ground and first-floor window, and a ground and first-floor window on the left return. A plain wall of the advanced section is set back to the left, and another section to the right is set back from the gable wall. A single-storey, piended section has a bipartite window, partially blocked, and a first-floor window set back to the left. A ground-floor window is present on the right return, alongside a gatepier with corniced coping stone. An entrance to the court is on the right, with a first-floor bridge and two windows to the east. A pedimented, single-storey wing to the right displays a ground floor window and an opening above. A matching gatepier is on the left return. A wing set back to the left of the former laundry, now the Armoury Bar, is also present.

The south elevation shows a later porch wing extending from the south gable wall. A flue partially projects from the wall with raking tiers and a corniced stack.

The west elevation features an advanced section to the left with an advanced canted bow window at ground and first floor, topped by a parapet with balustrade and segmental arch detail. A third-floor window is placed above. A four-bay section is set back to the right, partially obscured by a modern conservatory. The two left bays have single first and second floor windows. A ground and first-floor canted bow window section is located to the right, mirroring the far-left design. A recent, advanced, single-storey, three-bay balustraded wing abuts the two right bays of the house, with a pedimented first-floor window to the far right. A modern balustraded wing extends southwards. A tall wall to the north hides the service court.

The north elevation is partially obscured by the service wing. A blind first-floor window and a blind second-floor window are present, hugging the eaves to the right. A corniced flue partially projects from the gable wall to the right. A second-floor window is found on the left, hugging the eaves, with a shouldered, coped central gable end stack.

The windows are predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. The roofs are pitched and half-piended, slated, with corniced stone ridge stacks.

The interior has been modernised, but the moulded, pilastered, and corniced door surround of the former front door remains.