Factor's House, Cranstoun Cottage, Oxenfoord Castle Estate

This picturesque cottage, likely designed by William Burn and built in 1842, forms part of the Oxenfoord Castle Estate. It is a two-and-a-half-story, T-plan building with single-story porches set into the re-entrant angles. A two-story gabled wing adjoins the main house via a single-story link, and a further single-story porch on the rear connects the house to a former outhouse. The architectural style incorporates Tudor detailing, evident in the timber fretted scroll bargeboards and exposed eaves.

The house is constructed from stugged sandstone ashlar with chamfered arrises, long and short quoins, a base course, and polished sandstone ashlar dressings. The principal, southwest elevation is dominated by the T-plan section on the left, featuring a gabled entrance porch in the re-entrant angle, with a timber panelled door within a raised margin surround. An inset carved date stone marking 1842 is at the apex of the porch and a window is set into the return. Centrally, a two-story gable features a window on each floor. To the right is a single-story lean-to with a window and decorative gabled wallhead dormer breaking the eaves. A single-story link extends to the centre, featuring a tripartite window. Adjoining the main house on the left return is an advanced wing, and to the right return, a low, two-story single bay wing features tripartite windows on each floor, with scrolled bargeboards to the gablehead.

The northwest elevation showcases a gable end with a projecting stepped central stack that runs the full height of the wall, and fretted bargeboards to the gable. The northeast (rear) elevation was not inspected in 2002. The southeast elevation has a window and overhanging eaves on the end wall, with the roof broken by a wallhead stack. A projecting single-story entrance features a bipartite window and doorway on the left return. The right return adjoins a single-story, blind gable-ended outhouse with a tripartite window.

Most windows are timber sash and case, with 2, 4, and 12 panes. The single-story link features multi-paned tripartite windows. Some 2-pane cast-iron Carron lights are located in the roof. The pitched grey slate roof has lead ridging, flashing, and valleys. Decorative timber fretted scroll bargeboards with heavy through finials adorn the gables. Painted cast-iron rainwater goods are present. Moulded pedestals support paired octagonal ashlar stacks rising from the wallheads and gables.

The interior was not inspected in 2002.