House And Kennels, The Glen

This is a picturesque-style estate cottage and kennel complex, dating to around 1880 and built for Sir Charles Tennant. It was constructed by estate masons and joiners. The design is asymmetric, comprising a single-story, two-bay cottage with an adjoining single-story, multi-bayed, L-shaped kennel and outbuilding range to the rear. The construction utilizes coursed and squared local whinstone with broached sandstone ashlar dressings, featuring chamfered arrises to most elements and tabbed quoins. Exposed rafters and bargeboarded gables contribute to the aesthetic.

The east (principal) elevation features a gabled timber porch positioned off-centre to the left, with heavy turned timber uprights, an in-filled braced gablehead, and exposed rafters. The porch originally had a timber balustrade filling the lower half. A timber boarded door, complete with large ornate wrought-iron hinges, is set within a chamfered ashlar surround. To the right of the porch is a small scullery window. The right return of the cottage displays a gabled end with a small window to the right, complemented by plain bargeboards and a king-post drop finial rising into a spike finial. Another advanced gable is present to the right, marked by a central window and a gablehead with plain bargeboard and a small squared drop finial, influenced by a stack behind. The right return of this gable includes a door leading to the yard of the range.

The south (kennel) elevation showcases a single-story gabled end of the main house to the right, featuring a bipartite window. It has an overhanging roof with plain bargeboarding and king post bracing, culminating in a drop finial rising into a pointed finial. Adjacent to the centre and left is a slightly recessed, single-story range with regular fenestration and doors, which were formerly divided into three separate areas or runs.

The west (rear) elevation shows the rear arm of the single-story outbuilding range to the left and centre, with a timber boarded door within an ashlar surround near the left side. A gabled end of the range adjoins to the right, rising into a gablehead stack.

The north (yard) elevation reveals a U-plan range set around a former yard. The cottage forms the advanced arm to the left, while a recessed, single-story, blind range sits in the centre. To the right is an advanced gable-ended arm with three regularly placed timber boarded doors within ashlar surrounds on the left return.

The windows are timber sash and case, with four panes, although some glazing and plans are now missing. A three-pane casement window is found at the scullery, now with replacement glazing. The roof is pitched slate, incorporating lead riding and flashing, with squared iron ventilators topped with pyramidal caps on the rear L-plan range. An ashlar gablehead stack is located to the north of the cottage, notable for its projecting neck cope and three octagonal cans. A taller squared roofline stack with a single can is also present on the cottage, with a similar stack to the west of the range. Painted cast-iron rainwater goods, complete with decorative hoppers, adorn the cottage.

The interior is original but derelict, featuring a cast-iron range with a stone surround within a large room. A decorative arched cast-iron fireback and grate, also with a stone surround, are present in another main room. Original timber panelled doors contribute to the historical character. The walls are plastered and made of stone, with windows featuring timber panelling in the ingoes. A Belfast sink is located in the small scullery.