Edrington House

Edrington House

Edrington House is a substantial country residence of possibly 17th century origin, substantially recast and enlarged during the 18th and 19th centuries, with notable work undertaken in 1849, and further additions and alterations made in the 20th century.

The house presents as a symmetrical, 2-storey building with basement and attic, arranged over 5 bays, and takes a near L-plan form. It is classically detailed, with a full-height, canted bay to the south and a single storey addition to the north. The walls are whitewashed harl with cream sandstone ashlar dressings; the southern bay features coursed and stugged sandstone. A lintel course runs beneath corniced eaves on the east and south elevations, with plain margins and flush cills throughout.

The east elevation serves as the main entrance front. Here, a stair oversails the basement with decorative iron railings, accessing a 2-leaf timber panelled door positioned off-centre to the right. The door is surmounted by a round-arched plate glass fanlight and framed by a columnar surround with broken pediment. A single window aligns at first floor level. The basement features a bipartite window to the outer right, with single windows at both storeys above. The bay to the left of the entrance has small windows at basement and ground level. A 2-bay gable end projects slightly to the left, featuring squat windows at basement level and single windows at ground and first floor to the left; painted blind imitation windows appear at ground and first floor to the right, with a round-arched attic light centred in the gablehead.

The south elevation comprises 4 bays. The full-height canted bay to the outer left features architraved and chamfered surrounds framing 5-light windows at all floors; basement windows are squat in proportion. Blind shields set in rectangular panels are positioned between basement and ground floors. Centred between ground and first floor levels is a plaque dated 'AD. JS. 1849' surrounding a coat-of-arms. Further blind shields feature in the flanking bays, which recede to the right. The canted bay is crowned with a crenellated parapet. The recessed bays to the right are regularly fenestrated, with squat basement windows.

The west or rear elevation presents an irregularly fenestrated range to the right, with a 2-bay gable end to the outer right. A pointed-arched door is set in a single storey lean-to addition to the outer left, with a full-height wing set behind.

The north elevation features a full-height gable end projecting to the left, with a single window at ground floor to the left and a small attic light offset to the left of centre. Single windows at both floors appear in a bay recessed to the right, with a round-arched doorway positioned in a screen wall to the front. A 3-bay gable end recesses to the outer right, with a single storey lean-to addition adjoining the screen wall; single windows occupy all bays above, with a single window at first floor to the left.

Throughout the building, glazing is predominantly 12-pane in timber sash and case windows, though plate glass windows feature in part to the canted bay. The roof is covered in grey slate with stone-coped skews and scrolled skewputts; the ridge and apex are coped with apex stacks featuring circular cans.

The interior was not seen as of 1999.

Associated with the main house is a former stable, a single storey, rectangular-plan structure with a lean-to addition to the south. It is constructed of harl-pointed rubble with tooled sandstone dressings. The east elevation features a boarded timber door positioned off-centre to the right, with a garage opening to the outer right. An opening is positioned off-centre to the left of centre, with a single window in a subsequent bay to the left. A lean-to addition recesses to the outer left, and a modern addition recesses to the outer right. The south elevation terminates in a gable end with a projecting lean-to addition to the front. The roof is covered in grey slate. The interior was not seen as of 1999.

A rectangular-plan sundial adjoins the ancillary structure, comprising a square-plan upper block inscribed with a dial and retaining the remains of metal gnomons. The block is slightly recessed below an inscription reading 'Joseph Douglas of Edrington 1622'.