Fairnieside Farmhouse

Fairnieside Farmhouse is an earlier 19th century farmhouse, which may include parts from an earlier building, and has seen later additions and alterations. It is a two-storey, three-bay structure with classical detailing and a full-height wing at the rear, creating a near L-plan. There is also a single-storey lean-to addition in the rear re-entrant angle. The front is built of whinstone rubble, while the sides and rear are finished with painted harl. The farmhouse features painted sandstone dressings throughout, including a base course and a moulded eaves course. The design includes narrow quoin strips, droved quoins, droved long and short surrounds to raised margins, and projecting cills.

On the south (entrance) elevation, there are steps leading to a centrally located flush-panelled door, which is topped by a border-glazed fanlight. The entrance is framed by a classical doorpiece with flanking pilasters, stylised Ionic capitals, a plain frieze, a cornice, and a blocking course. There is a single window aligned above the door at the first floor, with additional single windows in both flanking bays on both floors.

The east (side) elevation features the main block on the left with a single window at ground level on the outer left side. To the right, there is a full-height range that is recessed, which has a single window at the first floor, offset to the left of centre, and a single window in the lean-to addition at the front.

On the north (rear) elevation, there is a blind elevation to the full-height wing that projects to the right. A timber door is set in the lean-to addition, recessed to the left, with single windows at both floors in the bay that is recessed to the outer left.

The west (side) elevation shows the main block on the right with a single window at ground level in the outer right bay and another single window at the first floor to the left. The full-height wing is slightly recessed to the left, featuring a small window at ground level on the right and single windows at both floors in the remaining two bays to the left.

The windows are timber sash and case with plate glass and 12-pane glazing. The roofs are covered with grey slate, and there are sandstone ridge and wallhead stacks, with two raised in brick and circular cans.

The interior was not seen in 1999. The site is partially enclosed by heavily-pointed coped rubble garden walls.