Rathelpie (Former Free Church Manse) Including Boundary Walls, Kennedy Gardens

Rathelpie, formerly the Free Church Manse, was likely designed by John Milne between 1856 and 1857. This large, two-storey building features a multi-gabled and asymmetrical design, showcasing a Tudor Gothic three-stage tower. Its distinctive stepped roofline, tower, chimneystacks, and lying pane glazing contribute to the character of Kennedy Gardens. The exterior is constructed of squared and snecked sandstone with ashlar margins and stone mullions, and includes a base course and a first-floor cill course.

On the northwest elevation facing Kennedy Gardens, the building has a four-bay layout with an advanced three-light bay window to the right, which is topped by a four-light canted bay that terminates in a steeply gabled roof with a carved stone finial. Near the center, there is a two-storey gabled single bay featuring a small carved stone cross finial. To the left, there is another single gabled bay, and at the far left, a later flat-roofed single bay addition.

The southeast elevation, which faces the garden, has an off-centre bay with a tall bipartite stair window. To the left, there is a two-storey gabled single bay with a stone-carved finial. At the far left is the recessed three-stage tower, which has a moulded, pointed arched entrance with a hoodmould and a two-leaf panelled timber door. The square-plan tower is topped with a decorative stepped parapet. To the right, there is a stepped-down two-storey bay with a gabled window that breaks the eaves, and at the far right, another stepped-down bay with a single window on the ground floor.

The building predominantly features eight-pane lying-pane timber sash and case windows, and is roofed with graded grey slates. It has tall diamond ashlar ridge stacks with some cans, and ashlar-coped skews with beaked skewputts. Some cast-iron rainwater goods are also present.

Inside, the manse has a simple decorative scheme with good plaster ceilings and cornicing. Deeply moulded consoled cornice sections separate the ceilings on the ground and first floors. A dogleg staircase with iron balusters and a timber handrail adds to the interior's character.

The boundary walls include a low squared rubble semicircular coped sandstone section to the northwest, and to the east, there is a high rubble section that incorporates the entrance to a modern garage.