Steading, Walled Garden, Melville Castle

Substantially earlier 19th century, incorporating mid-late 18th century buildings on site. Courtyard plan steading, much altered with 2 ranges remaining.

W RANGE, CARTSHED AND GRANARY: 2 storey with rear wall abutting walled garden. S gable and 1 bay possibly mid-later 18th century; random rubble extended by 4-bays early in 19th century as 2-storey cartshed and granary. Squared and coursed rubble with ashlar dressings. 3 cart openings at ground (relieving arches suggest formerly 2) with doors flanking. Doors and windows to loft above. Rubble coped wall with ashlar gatepier abutting NE angle. Window to N gable. Ashlar skews. Grey slates. Ruinous single storey buildings adjoining (rubble and brick) forming N wall of steading.

S RANGE: piend roofed, single 4-bay range, originally open to front, probably built between 1810 and 1831. Ashlar piers suggest built as cartshed; openings, later blocked with rubble, incorporating 2 windows. Adjoining courtyard walls with 2 large ashlar gatepiers to S. Courtyard walled to E (ranges do not survive), built between 1831 and 1841. Single storey lodge sited to W of walled garden, (derelict, 1990). Roughly square on plan, 2-bay N front; tall, piended, slate roof with central stack. Rubble with ashlar margins. Door to N; 12-pane timber sash and case window to right.