Symington House

Symington House is a country house dated 1812, featuring two storeys and a near-symmetrical, rectangular plan with five bays. It has slightly recessed single-storey hipped-roof pavilions at the outer bays and is situated on an elevated hillside, overlooking the Gala Valley. The house is constructed from coursed black whinstone with pale sandstone ashlar dressings, raised margins, and in-and-out quoins with droved chamfers. It has a moulded cornice with a blocking course and a shallow piended roof, while the side and rear elevations are finished in whinstone rubble.

The principal elevation includes steps leading to a timber panelled door at the centre, which features diamond-pattern glazing in the fanlight above. The doorpiece is substantial, with Doric pilasters and a deep moulded cornice. The left pavilion has a two-leaf timber French door with an ornamental glazing pattern, while the right pavilion has a window. Both the north and south elevations feature tripartite windows with moulded stone mullions.

A mid-20th century single-storey brick addition extends to the northwest corner, forming an L-plan. At the rear, there is a large round-arched, leaded stair window in the central bay, which breaks the roofline of a later lean-to brick addition that runs along the eastern rear elevation. The house predominantly has non-traditional uPVC windows and a grey slate roof with a shallow piended design, broad coped end stacks, tall moulded octagonal clay cans, and cast-iron rainwater goods.

The interior was not seen in 2008.

Additionally, there is a diminutive single-storey gate lodge with canted windows on the west elevation and a central door. The property is enclosed by rubble boundary walls and features coped, square-capped gatepiers.