Scotsburn House

Scotsburn House is a house dating from the early 19th century (1800-1810). It is a two-storey building with a raised basement, arranged over five bays. The exterior is constructed of coursed rubble with tooled ashlar dressings and margins. A corniced doorway is centrally positioned, approached by a shallow flight of steps leading up from the raised basement, which features a cast-iron handrail. The doorway has moulded jambs and a decorative fanlight, with a bandcourse marking the transition between the raised basement and the ground floor. The windows on the first floor are smaller, and two bays (numbers 2 and 4) have blind windows. The windows have 9-pane and 12-pane glazing. A moulded eaves band runs around the building, and corniced end stacks rise above the roofline. The roof is slate-covered. The rear elevation is symmetrical, featuring a long stair window in the centre.

The interior retains simple corniced ceilings, particularly in the entrance hall, which features a frieze embossed with Mackenzie stags’ heads. A semi-circular stairwell is present, along with original panelled doors and doorcases.

A separate gighouse and stables building is located nearby. This is a low, whitewashed rubble structure with a swept dormer above the present garage door, featuring pigeon flightholes. A piended loft dormer is incorporated into the west gable of the piended slate roof.

The house is said to have been built by Simon Mackenzie.