Farmsteading, Cambusnethan House

This is a farmsteading, specifically the coach house associated with Cambusnethan House, built in 1816 by the studio of James Gillespie Graham. It is a single-storey structure with a square, courtyard plan, and features Gothic castellated details. The building is constructed from yellow ashlar sandstone.

The east (principal) elevation is symmetrical and boasts a castellated parapet with saddleback coping. The central block is slightly advanced and features a Tudor arch carriage entrance. Above the arch is a moulded panel displaying the Lockhart coat-of-arms, which depicts a heart within a manacle. A corbelled projecting eaves cornice runs along the top, and double flanking bays have hoodmoulded pointed arch windows. The ends are punctuated by further windows with hoodmoulds.

The west (rear) elevation is constructed from squared rubble sandstone, alternating between white and yellow, and has an irregular fenestration pattern. A segmental arch carriage entrance is located on the far right, with a square vent opening above. The other bays contain square headed windows and doors. A piended dormer breaks the eaves on the far right.

The north (side) elevation is faced with squared and tooled yellow sandstone. It is largely blank, with the exception of a blind, hoodmoulded door positioned in the far left castellated bay.

The south (side) elevation incorporates squared and snecked rubble yellow sandstone, a castellated ashlar bay on the far right, and a hoodmoulded square headed window. The fenestration is irregular, with a mixture of doors and windows. Three regularly spaced piended dormers break through the eaves, and a modern glass and timber conservatory is attached to the right.

The courtyard features carriage arches on the west side, flanking the main entrance, and on the south side to the far right. The remaining fenestration consists of small segmental arch windows above alternating rectangular windows.

Most windows are timber sash and case with 10 panes. However, the east elevation features pointed arch plate glass sash and case windows, and the courtyard windows are smaller, with bipartite gothic astragals. The roof is covered in grey slates with lead flashing, and there are coped stacks at the four corners.

The interior was not inspected in 2000.

The coach house was originally built to serve Cambusnethan House (listed separately). According to Groome's Gazetteer, it was designed as a mock Priory for the Lockhart family, originally set within substantial grounds that no longer exist. Historic photographs, held by the National Records of Scotland, depict the building in the nineteenth century. The house was used for mock medieval banquets in the 1970s but was subsequently badly damaged by fire and is now used as an illegal rubbish dump. James Gillespie Graham was known for designing Tudor/Gothic mansions, including nearby Wishaw House and Coltness House, both of which are now ruinous.