West Balbairdie Farm

West Balbairdie Farm is a farmhouse dating back to the 17th century, with extensions added in the 18th century and significant rebuilding in the 1990s. Further extensions and the creation of a courtyard steading to the west and north were undertaken between 1992 and 1995 by architect D Penman. The farmhouse is two storeys and an attic, with a four-bay main house and a single-storey wing. The exterior is finished with lime harl and stone margins.

The south elevation, which is the principal facade, features a gabled porch in the second bay from the left, containing a modern timber door within a basket-arched doorway below a carved stone panel dated '1687', with windows on the porch returns. Further windows are present on each floor in the two bays to the right and the single bay to the left of the centre. The ground-floor windows on the right have carved lintels inscribed '19 KC GC 94', ‘16 IM LB 8?’, and ‘16 IM BL 38’ (all newly carved). A three-window single-storey extension is located at the far left, dominated by modern rooflights. A modern link wall abuts the extension on the far right.

The west elevation reveals a bowed end of the single-storey extension projecting at ground level, and a single window to the right at first floor. Two attic windows are set within the gablehead. A regularly fenestrated, seven-bay wing projects to the left.

The east elevation is a blank gabled wall. The north elevation is largely hidden by the courtyard.

The windows are timber sash and case, with nine- and twelve-pane glazing. The roof is covered in grey slates. Chimneys are constructed of coped ashlar and harl, topped with cans. Stepped ashlar-coped skews are also present.

Circular gatepiers, with flat-coped, banded, and vermiculated decoration, stand at the entrance.

The property was formerly listed with the farmhouse and steading together. Historic Scotland Listed Building Consent File 1995 provides additional details.