No 14 Cottage, Crichton

No. 14 Cottage is a group of farmworkers' cottages built in 1885, designed by Sir Robert Rowand Anderson, and extended in the mid-20th century. Originally a symmetrical range of six cottages, the design incorporates advanced gabled ends flanking a central arched feature. The buildings are constructed of coursed sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings.

The principal, southeast, elevation features a central gable with a pointed-arched pend framed by rubble voussoirs and a hood mould. An inset architraved date stone is positioned below the gablehead, accompanied by plain stone skews. The roof is slate-covered, with small stone stacks flanking the ridge. Four cottages flank the archway; each has a tripartite window to the right of the doorway and a bipartite window to the left. The two end cottages have entrance doorways and windows in the re-entrant angles, with gable ends and a circular window above a window.

A single-storey, flat-roofed extension projects from the southwest elevation, returning from No. 9, and features a high rubble chimney stack with a stone neck cope. The northwest (rear) elevation mostly obscures the original elevation due to single-storey, flat-roofed extensions to the central four cottages and further extensions to the rear of No. 13. A similar single-storey, flat-roofed extension projects from the northeast elevation, returning from No. 14, also featuring a high rubble chimney stack with a stone neck cope.

The front windows are 6-pane, slightly bowed bipartite and tripartite casement windows. The roof is graded slate, piended style, with some modern Velux roof lights to the rear. Chimneys have either a single can to the short stacks or a triple can to the high stacks, with paired plain cans.

The interior was not inspected in 2000.

Sir Robert Rowand Anderson also designed the nearby farmhouse at Crichton Mains, constructed between 1885 and 1887. These cottages were built to house workers from that estate. The cottages are grouped around an arched thoroughfare leading to drying greens at the rear. Originally, each cottage had a small front garden, a shared drive, a rear green, a small outhouse, and a toilet. Later alterations included small, flat-roofed kitchen/bathroom extensions to the rear or side. More recent, larger replacement additions have altered the rear elevation, reducing its original simplicity. The front elevation and gardens are now enclosed by a hedge and a low rubble wall.