Coach House, Kirklands, Beaburn, Ayton

The Coach House at Kirklands, Beaburn, Ayton, dates from the earlier to mid 19th century and features later additions and alterations. It is a symmetrical, two-storey, three-bay building in a plain classical style, with a projecting wing at the rear that forms a near T-plan. The front is finished with coursed and bull-faced render, while the sides have coursed render. Notable architectural details include a base course, eaves course, narrow quoin strips, margins, and projecting cills. There is also a single-storey rectangular-plan former coach house located to the northwest.

On the southeast elevation, the entrance features a deep-set, flush-panelled door at the center of the ground floor, topped by a decorative fanlight and surrounded by a plain frame with a decorative frieze and consoled cornice. A single window is centered on the first floor, with additional windows in the flanking bays on both floors. The southwest side elevation has the main block to the right, which includes a single window at ground level, offset to the right of center. The later wing is recessed to the outer left. The northwest rear elevation was not visible in 1998.

The front of the building has 12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows, and the roof is covered with grey slate and has a piended shape. There are corniced wallhead stacks on the southwest side made of render and on the northeast side made of sandstone, with various octagonal chimney cans.

The interior of the building was not seen in 1998. The former coach house is constructed of harl-pointed rubble sandstone with tooled sandstone dressings. The southeast entrance elevation features a centered two-leaf boarded timber sliding door at ground level, with a squat opening aligned above it. The roof is also covered with grey slate and has a piended shape. The interior of the coach house was not seen in 1998.

The boundary wall and gatepiers consist of a heavily-pointed, low coped wall that encloses the site at the front. It is made of rusticated sandstone, with square-plan gatepiers flanking the vehicular entrances on the outer left and right, topped with pyramidal caps and featuring modern iron gates.