Caiplie Steading

The Caiplie Farmhouse is an early 19th-century building that was extended in the mid-19th century to form a T-shaped plan. Originally a two-story, three-bay structure with its west-facing front, a large two-story wing was added to the center of the west front during the mid-19th century. The farmhouse is harled with ashlar dressings, straight skews – the southwest skew incorporates kneelers – rectangular corniced stacks, and a slated roof. A walled garden adjoins the house to the south, constructed of rubble with a flagged cope.

To the north of the farmhouse and connected by a rubble wall with a brick cope, is a mid-19th-century cottage, a single-story building of rubble construction with ashlar dressings, and a pantiled roof. It features straight skews with coped end stacks and a pantiled outshot to the west.

The steading, dating from the earlier and mid-19th century, consists of three ranges arranged around a courtyard, which is closed to the west by the farmhouse. The south and east ranges are single-story with a loft above, featuring gable ends with ashlar dressings and pantiled roofs with catslide and piended shapes over the loft doors. At the north end of the east range are three segmental-headed cart sheds. Behind the east range stands an octagonal pantiled horse-mill. The north range comprises four parallel sheds with ends facing the courtyard; three have broad-piended pantiled roofs, while the westernmost shed is narrower and gabled. Linking these to the rear and extending eastwards is a long, single-story pantiled range.