Tearoom (Former Coachmans Cottage), Traquair House

Circa 1749 for Charles Stuart, 5th Earl of Traquair (11th Laird). Single storey, 3-bay rectangular-plan former gardener's cottage with rustic timber gabled porch and attached rectangular outbuilding (possibly another cottage) sited at right angles and projecting to rear. Random whinstone rubble, harled and painted to principal elevation of cottage and sides of outbuilding. No window dressings as such.

NW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: single storey, 3-bay elevation with entrance to centre: open timber rustic porch with rough logs supporting corners and sides in-filled to below half-height with weather-board, upper section with diagonal timber in-fill (see NOTES), later entrance door within; plain window to flanks.

SW ELEVATION: whinstone rubble end of cottage with small central window.

SE (REAR/GARDEN) ELEVATION: slightly altered 3-bay fenestration with window to left, pair of late 20th century semi-glazed French doors off centre right with square window to extreme right; pair of long single pane roof lights to attic. Regularly fenestrated single storey former outhouse attached and projecting to right with multi-paned timber and glazing door to right of left return.

NE ELEVATION: single storey, 3-bay elevation with entrance to centre with later multi-paned timber and glazing door, windows flanking to outer bays. Advanced rubble wall adjoining at extreme right and projecting to form one half of entrance to grassed area near craft workshops (listed separately).

12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows (some modern in similar style to extended area); multi-paned glazed doors to rear entrances. Piended slate roof with lead ridging and flashing; later single pane Velux window to lesser roof elevations. Painted cast-iron rainwater goods. Near central harled roofline stack with pair of plain cans.

INTERIOR: extended into adjacent building and modernised to form a tea room with modern timber planked interior and kitchen / food preparation area.