Byre And Bothy, Redheugh, Gorebridge

Byre And Bothy, Redheugh, Gorebridge

A farmstead of early 19th century date, comprising a 2-storey farmhouse with attached steading, bothy and implement shed to the rear, with later additions and alterations throughout.

FARMHOUSE

The farmhouse is a 2-storey, 3-bay structure arranged in an L-plan. The south elevation features tooled coursed sandstone ashlar with polished dressings, while the remaining elevations are built of tooled rubble with droved dressings. Details include a base course, projecting cills, eaves course, long and short dressings and quoins.

The principal south elevation is symmetrical and centred with a 20th-century flat-roofed, bull-faced porch to the ground floor. This is flanked by windows in each bay, with a 2-leaf panelled timber door to the right return. The first floor features a slightly advanced central bay with parapet breaking the eaves, flanked by windows to each side.

The east elevation is asymmetrical with 4 bays, two to the left being gabled. Windows are positioned to the penultimate bays left and right at ground floor, and to the outer right, with regular fenestration across the first floor.

The north elevation is complex and asymmetrical across 3 bays. A gabled bay to the left is advanced, with a single storey piend-roofed addition to the ground floor containing a small off-centre window to the left. A boarded timber door and window are positioned to the right return. The first floor has a 2-pane window off-centre to the right, with a single window to the ground floor of the right return and 2 windows to the first floor. A single storey piend-roofed porch adjoins the re-entrant angle, featuring a panelled timber door off-centre to the right with windows flanking to the right return. A brick lean-to addition adjoins the right bay at ground floor, while a small-pane stained glass window occupies the centre bay of the first floor, with a window to the flanking bay to the right.

The west elevation is asymmetrical, with a window off-centre to the right of the ground floor and an opening to the left.

Windows are predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case. The roof is covered in purple-grey slate with a lead ridge, coped stone skews and coped sandstone gablehead stacks with circular cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods are present throughout.

The interior was not inspected in 1998.

STEADING

The steading is arranged in a near U-plan, flanked to the right by a cattle court, bothy and implement shed. It is constructed of tooled yellow sandstone rubble with droved dressings, long and short quoins and boarded timber doors.

The south elevation is near-symmetrical, with an opening leading to the courtyard flanked by 2 three-bay blocks, each with a gabled bay to centre featuring a bull's-eye opening set in the gablehead. Blind windows occupy the centre and left bays of the left block, while a door to the centre bay of the right block is flanked to the right by another door. A blind window occupies the flanking bay to the right.

The east (courtyard) elevation is asymmetrical across 3 bays. The centre bay has an off-centre window at first floor with an open timber lean-to featuring a corrugated-iron roof to the ground floor. A rubble lean-to with corrugated-iron roof adjoins the right bay, with a door to the left flanked to the right by a small window opening. An advanced gabled bay to the left has an off-centre door to the right of the ground floor and a bull's-eye opening set in the gablehead.

The south (courtyard) elevation is near-symmetrical across 3 bays, with a roof swept down and supported on a timber column to form an open shelter. An infilled window to the centre is flanked by doorways to left and right.

The west (courtyard) elevation is asymmetrical across 6 bays, accommodating a cartshed and granary. Segmental-arched openings occupy 5 bays to the left at ground floor, with regular fenestration to the first floor above. An advanced gabled bay to the outer left has an off-centre door to the left of the ground floor and a bull's-eye opening set in the gablehead.

The east elevation is asymmetrical across 3 bays, with an open lean-to featuring a corrugated iron roof to the centre bay. A window flanks to the right at first floor. The bay to the right is advanced with a bull's-eye opening set in the gablehead. The bothy adjoins to the left angle, with wide openings and an open lean-to to the left return. A bay to the left is advanced with a modern sliding timber door flanked to the right by a gatepier leading to the cattle court. A bull's-eye opening is set in the gablehead.

The north elevation is asymmetrical across 5 bays. The penultimate bay to the right is advanced with a brick lean-to addition and a wide opening to the centre. The base of a former stack remains at the re-entrant angle to the right, with a boarded timber door flanked by a window opening and cast-iron drive to the left return. A piend-roofed dormer with a 2-leaf door breaks the eaves at first floor of the centre bay, with an opening off-centre to the left of the ground floor. A door occupies the flanking bay to the left at ground floor, while a single storey bay to the outer left features a large 2-leaf door to the centre. A wide opening adjoins the bay to the outer right.

The west elevation was not inspected in 1998.

BOTHY

The bothy is a single storey, rectangular-plan structure with a byre adjoining to the north.

The east elevation is asymmetrical across 6 bays, with a door to the penultimate bay to the left flanked to left and right by windows. A window is positioned to the 3rd bay from the right, while the penultimate bay to the right and the outer right bay are blank.

The north elevation is symmetrical, featuring a segmental-arched opening to the centre of the ground floor and a bull's-eye opening set in the gablehead.

The west elevation is blank with an infilled opening to the centre.

The south elevation is near-symmetrical, with a lean-to off-centre to the right. A boarded window occupies the centre, with a door to the right return and a gatepier to the cattle court at the left angle.

The interior retains remains of fireplaces to the north and south walls. A fireplace to the south is flanked to the right by a shelved press.

IMPLEMENT SHED

The implement shed stands to the north-west of the steading and bothy. The south elevation features a wide opening supported on cast-iron columns with sliding timber doors. The remainder of the shed is blank, with timber lean-to additions to the north and a piended roof.

A variety of windows are present throughout, predominantly blind or timber sash and case. The roofs are covered in purple-grey slate and corrugated iron with lead ridges. Coped stone skews and cast-iron rainwater goods are present.

BOUNDARY WALLS

A low rubble boundary wall with rubble coping defines the property edge.