Mauldslie

FARMHOUSE

Dated 1836. 2 storey, 3 bay, rectangular plan farmhouse with additions and alterations. Coursed, tooled sandstone to S elevation, tooled rubble to remainder; broached dressings. Projecting cills; long and short quoins.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical. Harled porch advanced to centre bay of ground floor; window to centre and left return; boarded timber door to right return; window to each flanking bay. Regular fenestration to 1st floor.

E ELEVATION: symmetrical; 2 bay. Regular fenestration to ground floor; 2 blind window to 1st floor. Single storey addition to outer right with 4 pane window to left and lean to to right.

N ELEVATION: asymmetrical; 2 bay. 2 storey gabled bay advanced to right; window off centre to left of ground floor; 2 pane window off centre to right of 1st floor. Single storey bay gabled advanced to left; window to left; glazed timber door to right. Window to bay to centre of 1st floor with tooled lintel reading ?1836?; window to flanking bay to left. Lean to addition to outer left; timber doorway.

W ELEVATION: asymmetrical; gabled single bay. Window off centre to left of ground and 1st floors. Addition to outer left with bipartite window to ground floor and window above breaking eaves.

Predominantly 12 pane timber lying pane sash and case windows to ground floor and 10 pane lying pane sash and case window to 1st floor. Grey slate roof with lead ridge; stone skews. Tooled, coped gablehead stacks with circular cans. Cast iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen 1998.

STEADING: to N of farmhouse. W range dated 1824, remainder earlier 19th century; U plan; random rubble with droved dressings. Dovecot to S of W range; cartshed and granary to E range; irregular fenestration and boarded timber doors to remainder. Single storey and attic, 2 bay bothy to SE of steading. Grey slate roofs with lead ridges.