Kettelshiel Farm

This is a farmhouse built around 1800 with later additions and alterations. The main house is a two-storey, three-bay rectangular building with a two-storey addition and a two-storey with attic addition at the rear. The walls are harled with cream sandstone ashlar dressings and droved sandstone margins. Window sills are flush on the front elevation but projecting at the rear. To the rear of the house is a former open cattle court with an L-shaped range forming the northwest corner, with garden walls enclosing the remainder of the court. Various rectangular ancillary structures stand to the southeast and east.

Main House

The south (entrance) elevation has a projecting flat-roofed porch centred at ground floor level, containing a boarded timber door with a four-pane fanlight above. A single window is aligned above the porch on the first floor. Single windows are positioned at both floors in the flanking bays.

The east (side) elevation of the original block has single windows at both floors, off-set to the right of centre. A bipartite window appears at ground floor level in the two-storey addition to the outer right.

The north (rear) elevation comprises a two-storey with attic gabled wing off-set to the right of centre, featuring a small single window off-set to the left at ground floor and single windows centred in both floors above. A two-storey gabled wing projects to the left with a piended porch in the bay to the right (the timber door is in the return to the left). Single windows appear at first floor level in the bays to the right and outer left.

The west (side) elevation has a single window off-set to the right of centre and single windows at both floors off-set to the left.

All windows have twelve-pane glazing in timber sash and case frames. The roof is covered in graded grey slate with raised stone skews and some cast-iron rainwater goods. Brick-built apex stacks with various circular cans serve the chimneys.

The interior was not seen in 1997.

Former Cattle Court

The former cattle court consists of harl-pointed red rubble sandstone rectangular ranges forming an L-plan, with sandstone dressings that are rendered in part. Details include droved quoins and droved long and short surrounds to openings, which are predominantly painted. Boarded timber doors are fitted throughout.

The west range's east (courtyard) elevation is three-bay. A boarded timber door occupies the bay to the outer left, with segmental-arched openings in the remaining bays to the right. A timber forestair is recessed to the outer left, providing access to the attic. Small rooflights pierce the roof, which is predominantly grey slate (with modern roofing material to the outer right) and has raised stone skews to the south. The interior is used in part as a garage.

The north range's south (courtyard) elevation is three-bay with irregularly disposed segmental-arched openings in all bays. The east (side) elevation features a forestair leading to a boarded timber door centred beneath the apex, with stone treads and replacement timber balustrade. Small rooflights punctuate the grey slate roof, which has raised stone skews to the east. The interior was not seen in 1997.

Garden walls of rubble-coped, part-rendered rubble construction enclose the garden (the former cattle court) to the rear, with timber gates providing access.

Ancillary Buildings

Former Mill: This single-storey rectangular building is set on a sloping site to the southeast. It is constructed of harl-pointed red rubble sandstone with rubble sandstone dressings. The west (rear) elevation has a single doorway off-set to the left of centre and a slit opening in the bay to the outer left. The north (side) elevation features a blocked opening centred at ground floor with a single window aligned above. The east (side) elevation contains a boarded timber door off-set to the right of centre and a single opening off-set to the left. The south (entrance) elevation wall has been demolished to create an open entry. The roof is corrugated iron with replacement rainwater goods. Inside, the walls are whitewashed rubble with timber bracing supporting a modern roof.

Stable: This single-storey, three-bay rectangular building stands to the northeast, enclosing a courtyard. It is built of harl-pointed red rubble sandstone with red rubble dressings (painted in part) and a rendered elevation to the south. The west (entrance) elevation has two boarded timber doors flanking the centre, a small glazed and vented window in the bay to the outer right, and small rooflights. The grey slate roof has raised stone skews. The interior was not seen in 1997.

Gig House?: This single-storey, single-bay building stands to the north, adjoining a modern outbuilding that encloses a courtyard. It is constructed of harl-pointed red rubble sandstone with tooled red sandstone dressings. The south (entrance) elevation has a two-leaf boarded timber garage door centred at ground floor. The grey slate roof has raised stone skews and replacement rainwater goods. The interior was not seen in 1997. A large modern outbuilding stands to the right.

Boundary Features

Dry rubble walls enclose the site to the north.