Wooplaw House

Wooplaw House, dated 1842, is a two-storey, asymmetrical Neo-Tudor gabled house that incorporates earlier fabric. It resembles the style of William Burn and features distinctive tall diamond-plan shafted chimney stacks grouped in fours. The principal elevations are constructed from droved pink sandstone ashlar with finely tooled dressings, while whinstone rubble is used elsewhere. The building has chamfered arrises and Tudor hoodmoulds, with irregular fenestration and shouldered pedimented dormers that break the eaves.

On the south (garden) elevation, there is a wide, advanced gable at the center with a full-height canted window topped by a shaped parapet and a prominent fielded die finial at the apex. To the left is a lower block that was formerly used for service accommodation and stabling. The east (entrance) elevation features an irregular four-bay arrangement, including a projecting parapeted gabled bay and a tripartite window to the right of the door, with a wide advanced gable bay on the far left and wallhead dormers above recessed bays. The north (rear) elevation has a corbelled stack at the center, dated 1842, with clustered diamond-plan chimney shafts, and flanking wings of differing heights. A large semi-circular-headed French window, added around 1911, leads to a timber conservatory on the west elevation.

In the center of the courtyard, there is a covered well with drystone lining. The house predominantly features 12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows, a grey slate roof, and cast-iron rainwater goods.

Inside, there is Gothic detailing on the timber screen between the vestibule and hall. The fine S-curved cantilevered stair, designed in the Edinburgh style, has a shallow tread and is adorned with a decorative cast-iron balustrade and timber handrail. The principal rooms are simply detailed, featuring plain marble chimneypieces with flagstone hearths.