Stoneyfield House

Stoneyfield House is a circa 1790 house. Around 1820, a symmetrical dwelling of similar size was added to the front, creating a double-pile house over a raised basement. The exterior is white harled with white painted tooled ashlar margins and dressings.

The south front features a central doorway reached by steps that overhang the raised basement. The doorway is framed by a corniced portico supported by paired Roman Doric columns with ribbed bases, and flanked by pilaster strips. Above the door is a radial fanlight and a double-leaf panelled door, partially glazed. Tall windows are positioned on both the ground and first floors. The centre first-floor window has a corniced top with ribbed pilaster jambs and ribbed detailing to the lintel. The fenestration is regular, with return gables. The rear elevation has three bays and a gabled projecting central wing, with a single, centrally located canted bay window. Most windows contain 12 panes of glass. The roof is slate-covered, with panelled end stacks.

Inside, the front staircase has slender cast-iron balusters with palmette detailing. The rear staircase has turned wooden balusters. The front public rooms on both sides of the entrance feature re-used white marble chimney pieces, originally from the demolished Balmacaan House near Drumnadochit on Loch Ness.

References to Stoneyfield House can be found in Nigel Tranter's "THE QUEEN'S SCOTLAND, THE NORTH-EAST" (1974), page 166.