Couston Castle

17th century tower house remains incorporated into 1980s reconstruction, Ian Begg. 3-storey with attic L-plan tower house. 2-storey wing to N, adjoined walled garden with 2-storey garage to S. Harled with some dressed and moulded stone openings.

E ELEVATION: advanced gable to left: ground floor window to left, large 1st floor window to right with narrow small window to left. Window to 2nd floor set above ground floor window, 2 evenly spaced attic windows. Wing setback to right; moulded ground floor door surround with small window to left, moulded blank panel above door with small window to left, 2nd floor window set above panel, breaking eaves attic window. Curved projecting stair tower at re-entrant angle. 2-storey outshot adjoined to right; centred ground floor window with breaking eaves window above.

N ELEVATION: stairtower; profile of stairs at ground, moulded stone gun-loop to right, various windows set between floors. Small square window to each floor to left of stair tower. Advanced N elevation to right; attic window to left. Advanced 2-storey wing adjoins N elevations; ground and 1st floor window to right, raggles.

W ELEVATION: irregular fenestration; some ashlar window surrounds and some small casement windows. 2-storey wing to left; 2 stone openings 'in and out drainage channels? (glazed, 2002) window to left, raggles to far left. Breaking eaves window to centre-left.

S ELEVATION: 3 ground floor windows, moulded lugged doorpiece to far right. 2 large rectangular windows to 1st floor, small window to far left. 3 2nd floor windows to 2nd floor with 2 narrow, horizontal slit windows beneath eaves.

Timber boarded doors with staggered nails. Various multi-paned casement and sash and case windows. Catslide roof to breaking eaves windows. Pitched grey slate roof. Crowstepped gables with beaked skewputts. Coped, rendered gable apex stacks, (no cans).

INTERIOR: mostly modern including concrete newel stair and vaulted storage room. Some salvaged moulded stone to doorpieces, original drainage channels to W wall of kitchen at N outshot.

WALLED GARDEN INCLUDING GARAGE: rectangular-shaped area to S of house enclosed by high rendered walls to W, E and S. Garage at SE corner; 2-storey, rectangular-plan; large segmental arch to ground with small offset window above to E. Crowstepped gabled breaking eaves window at 1st floor to S. Pitched grey slate roof, crowstepped gables with beaked skewputts. Rendered coped gable apex stack to E.