Newlandburn House

Newlandburn House

Built circa 1805, this two-storey, three-bay house features low flanking wings with later additions and alterations. The main structure is constructed in coursed tooled sandstone with polished dressings, long and short droved quoins, a base course, and an eaves course.

The south-east (principal) elevation has a 20th-century hexagonal plan glazed timber porch at the centre ground level, which masks an original corniced doorway still surviving behind it. The flanking bays have tripartite windows (later insertions), while the first floor displays regular fenestration with architrave frames breaking the eaves course. A three-bay flat-roofed wing extends to the right, built in squared and snecked tooled sandstone with polished dressings. This wing features an architraved window to the centre, a two-pane window in a recessed bay to the outer right, and a replacement glazed door in the bay to the left. A single-bay flat-roofed wing to the left is constructed in tooled squared and snecked sandstone, with a distinctive red sandstone canted window and central bipartite window.

The north-east elevation comprises three bays with harled finish. It has a slightly off-centre window at ground level, a window in the gablehead to the first floor, a boarded glazed timber door in a bay to the left, and a garage in the bay to the right. A 20th-century addition of a first-floor extension with flat roof and central window has been added here.

The north-west elevation faces an open courtyard, formerly enclosed. It features sandstone rubble construction with a wing advanced to the left, which has a two-pane horizontal window to the left and a door (currently obscured by an oil tank) to the right at ground level. A window sits in the gable above. A window to the right return has a modern dormer breaking the eaves at first-floor level. A single-storey, two-bay lean-to recesses to the centre with a glazed boarded timber door to the left and a window to the right. A two-storey single-bay harled wing advances to the right with irregular fenestration to the left return. A three-bay flat-roofed lean-to addition at ground level has a central tripartite window, a bipartite window to the right, and a single window to the left, with a glazed boarded timber door to the rear and a window to the right return.

The south-west elevation consists of three bays with harled finish. A flat-roofed addition occupies the centre at ground level, with a window in each bay. A boarded timber door with three steps sits in the bay to the left. A lean-to addition extends to the outer left. A flat-roofed wing advances to the outer right with a central boarded timber door and a buttress to the right. The first floor displays irregular fenestration.

The principal elevation retains predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows; most remaining elevations have replacement windows, barred at ground level. The roof is grey slate with piended sections and lead ridges. Cast iron rainwater goods and predominantly coped wallhead stacks with octagonal cans complete the exterior.

The boundary walls and gatepiers are constructed in tooled sandstone. The gatepiers are coped with spherical finials and sweep down to a coped boundary wall running symmetrically along the front of the property.

The land on which Newlandburn House stands, also known as Newland House, was originally part of Newlandrig, owned and established by the Dewars of Vogrie. In 1804, John Wilson, an Edinburgh coachmaker, purchased the village and commissioned the building of Newlandburn House. It was subsequently sold to Archibald and John McKinlay, and later to Dr Charles Cooper, editor of the Scotsman, who retained it until 1903. In 1905 the house was purchased by Lord Ruthven of Freeland, who commissioned Gertrude Jekyll to design the gardens.

The interior was not inspected at the time of survey in 1997.