Woodside Farm

Woodside Farm, originally a stable block, dates to the mid-19th century. It is a symmetrical, U-shaped structure with Tudor detailing, later converted into a dwelling around 1946. An adjoining two-bay cartshed, set at right angles to the southwest elevation, forms a small courtyard. The principal elevation is constructed from squared and snecked yellow sandstone, while the rear and sides are of rubble, with raised ashlar margins and sawtooth skews.

The southeast (principal) elevation features five bays. A central depressed archway has a crenellated parapet that breaks the eaves, and the recess has been infilled with rubble and ashlar, now containing a timber door flanked by windows. A monogram is set within a central tablet. Flanking bays have two tall windows on the ground floor and smaller windows above. Slightly advanced gabled bays extend to the left and right, each with a large ground-floor window and a bipartite round-headed window above. Wallhead stacks are positioned at each apex.

The southwest elevation has a two-story bay on the right and a three-bay, single-story range. The northeast elevation incorporates a large, modern timber conservatory on the right side of a one-and-a-half-story, six-bay range, with cast-iron vents below the wallhead.

The inner courtyard has a central arch that is now glazed, and single windows to the ground floors. Four wallhead dormers are also present, along with cast-iron vents below the wallheads. The cartshed features two open depressed arches with lean-to stores at the rear.

The windows are predominantly timber sash and case with lying-pane glazing, largely 6-pane upper and lower sashes. The roof is covered in grey slates, and the stacks are of ashlar, square section.

The interior retains no original features.

Woodside Farm is part of the larger Woodside estate in Beith parish, originally owned by the Ralstoun family since 1551, and later by the Cochran-Patrick family from the late 18th century. William Cochran-Patrick extended Woodside House (listed separately) in 1848. The stables were likely built shortly after 1858, when Robert William Cochran-Patrick inherited the estate and the initials 'RWCP' appear above the stable entrance, as they are not shown on the 1858 Ordnance Survey map. The estate lodges (listed separately) predate the stables and are depicted on the first edition Ordnance Survey map.

The design reflects the building’s original function, with carriage arches and an open courtyard for horse care, stabling on the ground floor, and storage (including haylofts, explained by the vents) and staff accommodation above. Original iron tethering rings remain set into the courtyard walls. Following World War II, the stables were converted into a single dwelling and sympathetically restored in the 1980s. The Woodside estate historically comprised woodland and farmed land, and previously included a pig farm.