East Lodge, Culross Abbey House

Earlier-mid 19th century. Single storey (with later 20th century upper storey conversion); 3-bay, rectangular-plan, classical lodge house. Central Tuscan portico. Tooled, coursed sandstone; wide ashlar eaves course; base course; vertical margins at arrises. Decorative ashlar architraves to all original windows; corniced pilasters with pendants; corniced pediment; foliate finials.

N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical elevation. Central door; fanlight; chamfered ashlar surround. Advanced porch; 2 columns to front; 2 columned pilasters to rear. Columns support pitched porch; central corniced tablet, carved unicorn within (Preston crest). Window to left and right of door.

W ELEVATION: central window.

S ELEVATION: 3 regularly spaced windows. Flat-roofed attic extension; glazed and tile hung linear section wholly in roof.

E ELEVATION: central window.

Chamfered timber mullion and transom to windows. Timber panelled door. Pitched slate roof; deep eaves; bracketed eaves; decorative curvilinear bargeboards to all gables including pitched porch roof. Coupled central, corniced polygonal stack; 2 polygonal cans.

INTERIOR: not seen.

GATEPIERS

Pair of tall square-plan rusticated gatepiers; corniced. Metal gates remain in part; pedestrian gates; second pair of gatepiers; urn to S pier. Walls extend eastwards from outer piers curving at roadside; terminating piers; corniced conical coping stone.