North Steading Range, Fassfern House

This is a range of farm buildings associated with Fassfern House, with a core of early to mid-18th century construction and substantial additions and alterations in the 19th century. The main south-facing range is two storeys high and comprises three blocks of three bays each, with a projecting wing to the rear. The central block is the oldest part of the range and is symmetrical, with originally narrow windows and a central doorway now blocked and replaced with a window. Small rectangular windows, two on each floor, are set into the rear elevation. A slightly higher two-storey range extends to the west (left), also with a rear wing. To the east (right) is a single-storey section with an attic. Most windows have 12 panes of glass, although these have been renewed. The roofs are slated, with renewed stacks. The buildings are constructed of rubble and have been harled. Behind the house are two long, single-storey steading ranges arranged at right angles to each other. A rubble-walled garden sits to the rear of the house. Fassifern (previously spelled Fassifern) is noted as having been used as a stopping point by Prince Charles Edward Stuart during the Jacobite rising of 1745.