Dowhill

The property comprises an 18th century house that was significantly expanded in the earlier 19th century in the style of William Burn. The original house is a simple 3-bay, 2-storey building, still visible in the garden (north) elevation. A large, L-shaped wing with multiple gables was added, wrapping around the north and east elevations to create a country house. The construction uses tooled sandstone with ashlar margins, while the rear of the original house features droved ashlar. Tudor-Gothic hoodmoulds are present above the predominantly multi-paned timber sash and case windows. The roofs are pitched grey slate, with ashlar gabled dormer windows facing the garden. The chimneys are paired and tripled square-plan ashlar stacks with polygonal decorated cans. Decorative 'gothic' cast-iron hoppers are used for the rainwater goods.

The south elevation features an advanced crow-stepped gable on the far left, with a single-storey portico set into the re-entrant angle. The portico has a timber entrance door with lying-pane glazing in the upper section, and a geometric fanlight. A further 2-storey gabled wing is positioned alongside, followed by a succession of advanced single-storey blocks; one with a shaped gable and a heraldic shield, and another with crow-stepped gables topped by a squat ashlar crucifix. First-floor windows break the eaves, with gabled ashlar pediments on the east elevation. The garden elevation has a large canted window at ground level on the gabled wing. The original house is centrally positioned and features an ashlar doorpiece with square-plan columns supporting a gabled pediment, a door similar to that of the principal elevation, and an ornamental buttress rising above the first-floor level on the left. A single-storey wing to the left also has a buttress rising to below the eaves. A late 20th century conservatory has been added to the far left.

To the west of the main house is an L-plan former stable and office block, constructed of random rubble with a pitched slate roof. The north range is now used for domestic purposes, while the west range continues to function as outbuildings. An adjoining rubble wall with lean-to outbuildings encloses the site to the south, with cobblestones in the forecourt.

A ha-ha, marked by a random rubble dry stone dyke, runs to the north, west, and south of the formal gardens. Low, rounded ashlar gate piers with hemispherical caps are situated near the B9097 road.