Huntlyburn House

Circa 1810 with additions by John Smith of Darnick 1818, 1824, 1844 and 1854; late 20th century additions and alterations. 6-bay, 2-storey and attic, roughly L-plan house comprising 3-bay S facing original house with crowstepped gable to central bay; 1824 2-bay, piend-roofed E facing section with balconied windows adjoining original house at NE corner; 1854 3-bay addition adjoining original house to E with flat-roofed stairwell in re-entrant angle with 1824 wing. Neatly coursed rubble to original building, roughly-coursed rubble to E elevation, sandstone ashlar to S front of 1854 wing, red sandstone ashlar dressings to all sections. Eaves course; projecting window cills. Long and short quoins and window margins. Regular fenestration.

FURTHER DESCRIPTION: S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: timber panelled front door with sidelights and arched fanlight in slightly advanced chamfered, corniced architrave to left bay of 1854 wing; shallow crowstepped gable to attic; regular fenestration. 3-bay original house to left: advanced central crowstepped gable with corniced window in former doorway at ground and arched window to gable apex with blind side-lights; regular fenestration to bays with 1854 tripartite window at ground to right; piend-roofed dormers to attic.

E (SIDE) ELEVATION: stepped composition. Advanced single-bay 1854 wing to left; flat-roofed stairwell to centre with tall window and chamfered corner; recessed 2-bay, 1824 wing to right with cast-iron balconies to 1st floor windows.

W (SIDE) AND N (REAR) ELEVATIONS: irregular fenestration to W; piend-roofed outshot behind copped screen wall at ground to left; wallhead stack. N elevation: fairly regular fenestration to original house; single-storey 19th and 20th century additions at ground.

Predominantly 12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows. Corniced stacks with red clay cans. Graded grey slate.

INTERIOR: largely modernised; some cornicing and shutters. Curved stone staircase with decorative cast-iron baluster and mahogany handrail.

WALLED GARDEN AND COTTAGE: walled garden to SE of house, open to SE; brick-lined, ashlar-coped random rubble walls. 2-storey, 4-bay, piend-roofed cottage in W wall; irregular fenestration to W with 3 blocked doorways at ground.

MOUNTING BLOCK, FORMER STABLES AND COTTAGE: L-plan remains of stable block, modernised with 20th century openings. Random rubble with sandstone dressings; slate roof. Single-storey and attic gabled wing to E with former hayloft opening; single-storey, piend-roofed wing to N. Sandstone mounting block lying to S of stables. U-plan former double cottage with forward-facing gables and piend-roof to rear; late 20th century porches in re-entrant angles. Rubble to gables; sandstone dressings; rendered sides and rear.