Simprim Farm

Dated 1686 with later additions and alterations. 3-storey, originally L plan former laird?s house (?), now barn with crowstepped gables; substantial lean-to additions obscuring elevations to N, E and W. Harl-pointed sandstone rubble; polished sandstone dressings. Long and short surrounds to chamfered openings (segmental-arched at ground; square-headed to upper floors).

E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: segmental-arched entrance with boarded timber door at ground in penultimate bay to outer left; single windows aligned above (blocked at 2nd floor). Single storey addition adjoining bay to outer left; blocked single windows at both floors above. Blocked, segmental-arched opening at ground off-set to right of centre; single windows aligned above. Boarded timber door in segmental-arched opening at ground in subsequent bay to right; single windows aligned above; lean-to addition to front. Large square headed opening in subsequent bay to right with lean-to addition to front. Single storey addition set in re-entrant angle to right; single windows aligned at upper floors. Full-height wing projecting to outer right.

W (REAR) ELEVATION: projecting full-height gabled wing off-set to left of centre; lean-to additions in flanking bays. Some original openings visible within.

S (SIDE) ELEVATION: blocked opening at ground; blocked windows aligned at upper floors. Lean-to addition to outer left; tuskings of previous wall running full height of barn to right; single storey addition to outer right.

N (SIDE) ELEVATION: crowstepped wing to right with substantial addition obscuring lower floors; single opening centred in surmounting gablehead. Lean-to addition adjoined to outer right. Crowstepped wing to outer left obscured.

Windows predominantly blocked (some 6-pane timber glazing). Corrugated-iron roof (slate in part); crowstepped skews; moulded skewputts. Cast-iron rainwater goods; circular ridge ventilators. Corniced apex stack to N; single circular can.

INTERIOR: harl-pointed rubble walls (part whitewashed, part brick); some segmental-arched openings. Square-headed internal door (to upper floors?) with boarded timber door; sandstone lintel inscribed 'AC. 1686'; rubble voussoirs to surmounting segmental arch. Remainder not seen 1998.