Ericht Lodge, Ashgrove Road, New Rattray

Circa 1835-40, probably incorporating earlier fabric and subsequently enlarged. 2-storey and single storey with attic and part-basement, 4-bay, L-plan, gabled house with fine interior detail. Part base course. Harled with painted quoin strips and margins; snecked rubble with dressed margins to rear.

SW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 3 symmetrical bays to right with later gable to left. Gabled bay to right of centre with panelled timber door under plate glass fanlight and jettied 1st floor with single window; flanking bays each with swept polygonal-roofed canted window breaking eaves into set-back canted dormer window. Gabled bay to outer left with window at each floor.

SE ELEVATION: gabled elevation with window to right at ground and later full-height brick stack projecting at centre.

NE (REAR) ELEVATION: asymmetrically-fenestrated elevation with variety of elements including swept-roof stone dormer window abutting gabled bay to approximate centre, and lower projecting bay to right with part-glazed timber door under decoratively-astragalled fanlight and large window at ground on return to left with ancillary building (see below) projecting beyond.

NW ELEVATION: blank elevation with lower pitch-roofed bay to outer left.

4-, 9-, 12-, 16-pane and plate glass glazing patterns in timber sash and case windows. Small grey slates. Coped ashlar stacks, some diamond-aligned, with polygonal cans; plain bargeboarding and overhanging eaves; cast-iron downpipes with decorative rainwater hoppers and fixings.

INTERIOR: good decorative scheme in place including decorative plasterwork cornices, compartmented ceiling and frieze; black marble, timber and cast-iron fire surrounds, some with cast-iron inserts; panelled timber shutters; cast-iron radiators. Later timber-balustered dog-leg staircase and stair window with coloured margins and etched panes. Hall with part-glazed screen door and partly stone flagged. Inner hall (formerly external wall) with decoratively-astragalled window.

ANCILLARY BUILDING: slated, squared and snecked rubble former wash house converted to dwelling with winding timber stair, timber fireplace and 'Lava' china handbasin by Shanks & Co Ltd, Barrhead, Scotland.

BOUNDARY WALLS AND GATE: ashlar-coped rubble boundary wall and pedimented pedestrian entrance with timber gate.