Coxton Tower

Coxton Tower is a 4-storey tower house dated 1641 or 1644, but likely begun in the early 17th century. It is constructed of harled rubble with ashlar dressings and margins. The south elevation features a central entrance leading to a slightly sunken vaulted store, and an off-centre entrance to the first floor is accessed by a later forestair, which has a dated armorial panel above it. Each floor has a single small window on the south front, with small vents located elsewhere.

At the southeast and northwest angles, round bartizans are corbelled out and topped with conical roofs, featuring small windows and shot-holes. There is an open bartizan at the southwest angle with a corbelled base and a crenellated wallhead. The building has chamfered margins, iron window grills, coped ends, and tall wallhead stacks, with a flush stone slab roof mounted on a stone vault.

Inside, the vaulted ground floor store includes gun loops in the north, east, and west walls, and a stone slab can be raised from an opening in the crown of the vault to pass goods up or down to the first floor hall. The first floor hall has a deep window embrasure, a mural closet, an aumbry, a small coat of arms, and a yett. A mural stair leads to the second and third floor rooms, which are barrel vaulted, except for the third floor room that features arch pointed vaulting supporting the roof, with the vaults alternating in direction on each floor. There is a further mural closet in the second floor room, and the third floor room opens to the bartizans.