Crosshill Manse, 15 Orchard Street, Motherwell

Crosshill Manse, located at 15 Orchard Street in Motherwell, is a Scottish Baronial villa designed by Alexander Cullen in 1888. This two-storey, three-bay building features an asymmetrical gabled Z-plan layout and a prominent two-stage round tower at the center topped with a candle-snuffer roof. The exterior is constructed of red ashlar sandstone, with a base course, a continuous cill course to the second floor, and an eaves course supported by bracketed skewputts. The openings are architraved with moulded reveals.

On the northeast (principal) elevation, there is an advanced gabled bay to the right, which includes a bipartite window on the ground floor to the left and a smaller window to the right. Above, there is a stone transom window to the upper left and a window at the gablehead. The central entrance tower is angled and features a bowed two-leaf panelled door with a triangular pediment above, alongside a small hoodmoulded window to the right and a window in the second stage. To the left, there is a window on the ground floor and a gabled dormer head above, topped with a thistle finial.

The southwest (rear) elevation has a gabled bay to the left, with a small two-light, triangular-plan advanced bay on the ground floor. This includes a stone-transomed window to the left and a stone-mullioned bipartite window at the gablehead. A small diamond-shaped boss is present in the central bay, with a small window above it. To the outer right bay, there is a bipartite window with a stone-mullion and transom, along with a gabled dormer head breaking the eaves above, also featuring a thistle finial.

The northwest (side) elevation includes a single-storey, flat-roofed office wing to the left, with a small stepped wall and three arrow slits on the left return. To the right, there is a small two-light, triangular-plan advanced bay.

The southeast (side) elevation shows regular fenestration. The windows are timber sash and case, with nine-pane upper sashes and plate glass lower panes, except for modern replacements in the second stage of the tower and the first floor of the advanced gabled bay at the front. The roof is covered with grey slates and has a pantile ridge, with coped gable stacks. Moulded cast-iron guttering, bowed hoppers, and downpipes complete the exterior.

Inside, the manse features a circular vestibule leading to the hall, which has dentil cornice plasterwork and barley sugar balusters on the stairs. The dining room boasts Jacobethan plasterwork on the ceiling, while the other rooms have simple cornices.

The boundary wall and gatepiers are constructed from squared sandstone coursers, forming a dwarf wall with saddle-back coping. The square-plan gate piers are topped with ball finials.