Craigtoun Park

Paul Waterhouse (Alfred Waterhouse & Son), dated 1903 at rainwater-heads. Large early Renaissance mansion with some Scottish Baronial features. Two/three storey and attic, asymmetrical composition of hammer-dressed pink sandstone with polished ashlar dressings. Small-paned windows.

Westmoreland slated roof with crested ridge tiles and clustered octagon and lozenge stacks. West entrance elevation has off-centre advanced and gabled entrance bay with round arched open porch, arcaded band and 3 slim windows above octagonal angles; one window link to gable on left with 2 windows ground floor, three at 1st and 3-light attic. Wide

5-light stone mullioned and transomed hall window bay to right with arcaded parapet and segmentally over-arched bipartite to right, 2 small windows, 2 larger windows and left-hand mullioned and transomed window above, corbelled and canted three-light oriel bay with denticulated gablet, tall shafted stack and corbelled angle turret with conical roof at attic level far right.

Dwarf walled circular forecourt with 3 panelled-pier gateways and arched gateways with wrought-iron gates and ball finials flanking house.

North frontage 2-storey attic and full basement in fall of ground. Square gabled pavilion (north end of west front) on right, large mullioned stair window of 3 mullioned and double transomed lights. Semi-octagonal stair turret corbelled to square attic stage with 2 deeply recessed windows and pyramid roof, single bay of 2-light mezzanine windows divided by pilaster strip from 4-window section (grouped 2- 2 basement and 1st) linking to advanced left-hand gable with broad shallow bow of 4 lights, 3 light attic window above; canted

bay east gable, short wing returning south, conservatory running south from it at main floor level, 6-plane roof, octagonal turret at south-east. South frontage has extensive main floor and basement level additions but has advanced ends with corbelled angle turrets flanking gabled rectangular bays of 3 lights with shafted angles and asymmetrical central frontage with 2 gables of unequal size, central one 2-window flanked by octagonal turrets.

Lions at balustrading of south terrace. Opulent interior, panelled hall, marble balustrade stair with upper arcade.

Painted coffered ceiling.