Canna House, Canna

Canna House, built around 1860, likely incorporates elements from an earlier house. It is a two-storey and attic structure with a wide, three-bay front that faces south, and a long, slightly lower two-storey rear wing that creates an L-shaped courtyard at the northwest. The front is made of coursed dark squared rubble, while the flanks and rear are harl pointed rubble, featuring contrasting tooled and polished ashlar dressings. The central door is accessed by a short flight of steps and is sheltered by a single-storey square porch that has a corniced blocking course and side windows. This porch is flanked by canted bay windows, which also have similar blocking courses. The first floor has a regular four-window arrangement under a shallow pediment that runs the full length of the wallhead, ending with ball finials at each end. The detailing includes long and short elements at the angle margins and around the first-floor windows, along with single canted dormers. The east and west gables each have a regular two-bay return, with the west side partially obscured at ground level by a later single-storey corrugated-iron billiard room that features round-headed detailing in the large windows.

Inside, the entrance hall showcases bracketed beams and plaster cornices, while the staircase at the rear is adorned with decorative cast-iron balusters. The former drawing room on the right, now used as a dining room, has a plain white marble chimney piece and a decorative ceiling cornice. The former dining room on the left, now the drawing room, features a similar black marble chimney piece and an egg and dart cornice on the ceiling.