Factor's House, Cranstoun Cottage, Oxenfoord Castle Estate

Probably William Burn, 1842. 1?-storey, T-plan Picturesque cottage with single storey porches in re-entrant angles; 2-storey gabled wing adjoined by single storey link; further single storey porch to rear linking house to former out-house. Multi-gabled with Tudor detailing; timber fretted scroll bargeboards and exposed eaves. Stugged sandstone ashlar with chamfered arrises; long and short quoins. Base course and polished sandstone ashlar dressings.

SW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: T-plan section to left with gabled entrance porch in left re-entrant angle: timber panelled door within raised margin surround, inset carved date stone (1842) to apex, window to left return; advanced 2-storey gable to centre with central window to each floor; to right, single storey lean-to in re-entrant angle with window in end and decorative gabled wallhead dormer breaking eaves of main house. To centre, single storey link with central tripartite window; adjoining main house to left return and advanced wing to right return. To right, advanced low 2-storey single bay wing with tripartite window to each floor; scrolled bargeboards to gablehead.

NW ELEVATION: gable end with projecting stepped central stack running full height of elevation; fretted bargeboards to gable.

NE (REAR) ELEVATION: not seen, 2002.

SE ELEVATION: to left, end-wall with window to right and overhanging eaves; roof broken by wallhead stack. To right, projecting single storey, single bay entrance with bipartite window and entrance door to left return; right return adjoining advanced single storey, blind gable end out-house with tripartite window to left return.

2, 4 and 12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows to most; multi-paned tripartite windows to single storey link; some 2-pane cast-iron Carron lights to roof. Pitched grey slate roof with lead ridging, flashing and valleys. Decorative timber fretted scroll bargeboards to gables with heavy through finials. Painted cast-iron rainwater goods. Moulded pedestals supporting paired octagonal ashlar stacks rising from wallheads and gables.

INTERIOR: not seen, 2002.