Pitcairlie House

Pitcairlie House is a late 16th-century building, originally three storeys and likely designed in a Z-plan layout. It is oriented northwest to southeast and features a four-storey southern tower with an ashlar parapet and angle rounds. The southern section includes three bee-boles that were added in the 18th century. Inside, there are two vaulted chambers at the southwest, while the upper floors have been remodeled, retaining only the first-floor window and a moulded chimney-piece from around 1680 on the second floor.

In approximately 1730, a significant reconstruction took place, widening the eastern side and extending the northern section to create a seven-window northeast front. This front has a three-window centre made of droved ashlar, featuring a Venetian entrance and a pedimented centre that was initially projected but not built for the southern two-window section. A large piend roof was left with a temporary gable at the southeast. Instead, a plain two-storey and basement piend-roofed northern wing was constructed around 1740. A corridor was added to the northeast side of this range, along with a screen wall featuring semi-elliptical arches to create an office court. A bow was added to the southeast around 1800 to 1805, replacing the projected southern part of the main block. A canted bay was added to the first-floor bow in 1833, during which the first and second floors of the northeast front were partially reglazed, and the top balustrades were likely added later.

Inside, the house features a good semi-elliptical staircase with twisted balusters. The first-floor drawing room has a Clayton-type chimney-piece from around 1750, although it was recast around 1800 to 1805, and the wall paintings have been covered over. The first-floor tower room is panelled in Memel pine, and there is a well-finished panelled room above the drawing room dating to around 1730. The tower room is also panelled on the second floor. The dining room in the 1740 wing is simply coved and was partly refashioned around 1805, while there is a good vaulted former kitchen below.