Innes House

Innes House is a large L-plan tower house built between 1640 and 1653 by William Ayton. It stands four storeys tall, with a five-storey stair tower located in the re-entrant angle. The exterior features oyster-coloured harling with ashlar dressings and margins. The floors are marked by string courses that are lowered beneath the windows, which are all pedimented. Some of the pediments, dating from around 1912, display initials and dates. The house has regular fenestration, diamond-shafted chimneys at the gables, and pinnacled skewputts. The tower includes a pierced wallhead parapet, pinnacles at three angles, and a conical-roofed caphouse at the north-west angle.

A three-storey canted bay window with a crenellated parapet was added to the west elevation of the tower house around 1825. A courtyard at the rear, entered through a reused archway from circa 1770, was added shortly after 1857.

The east wing, designed by Walker & Duncan around 1912, is in a style that complements the main house. This two-storey and attic wing is connected to the mansion by a two-storey, two-bay passage range.

Inside, the ground floor features a vaulted ceiling, while the large first-floor ballroom, which was formerly the first-floor hall, lacks original fittings. The interior also includes panelled doors from 1912.