Gate Lodge, Olrig House

Later 19th century, idiosyncratic single storey and attic

gabled asymmetrical gate lodge; coursed stugged rubble,

tooled dressings, some painted in contrasting courses.

Projecting gabled porch in NW elevation (facing entrance

drive), with ribbed and studded door with decorative

cast-iron hinges; window at left and boldly gabled dormer

above; round window set in ground floor canted north angle;

lean-to porch with leaded roof at NE with small round-headed

attic window in centre gable above. Rectangular bay window

under fishscale slated lean-to roof with diminutive corbelled

oriel above, in SW gable. 4- and 6-pane glazing. All angles

with unusual projecting alternating quoin detailing; ornate

bargeboards; decorative cast-iron ridge cresting; tall

paired end stacks with string courses and cornices, rising

from slate roof.

Gate piers; pair square, coursed dressed rubble gate piers

with corbelled pyramidal caps linked by low coursed rubble

quadrants to similar piers; modern pierced concrete walling

replaces earlier cast-iron railings.