Lodge And Gatepiers, Garden Wall, Allerly House Including Stable Block, Gattonside

John Smith of Darnick, 1823 with later additions (see Notes). 2-storey and basement, 3-bay rectangular-plan Classical house with tripartite windows recessed in tall relieving arches to ground and shallow piended-roof. Buff-coloured coursed ashlar. Base course, string course. Regular fenestration to front; irregular fenestration to rear. Glazed, timber porch with pierced parapet; single-leaf, 6-panelled timber front door with astragalled sidelights and fanlight. Large triple-arched conservatory style window to W elevation. Mid 20th century, lower 2-storey, flat-roofed addition and garage to E.

Predominantly 12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows. Pair of coped and corniced ridge stacks with octagonal clay cans. Grey slate. Cast-iron rain water goods.

INTERIOR: central vestibule and staircase hall with pattern tile floor accessing public rooms. Bow-ended dining room to right and drawing room to left both with marbled timber fireplaces. Long stone stair with quarter-turn at upper level leading to open-well landing at 1st floor; narrow mahogany handrail with pierced iron balusters. val cupola above. Principal ground floor rooms with beaded timber panelling. Some original plasterwork. 6-panel timber doors.

STABLE BLOCK: Single-storey whinstone stable block with red sandstone ashlar dressings to N forming courtyard to rear of house; central high pedimented archway, now with timber slated double door. Stable door to left and window to outer left.

GARDEN WALL: Curving rubble garden wall situated to W of house with garden room to NE corner with Gothic window.

LODGE AND GATEPIERS: well-detailed, single-storey whinstone rubble lodge with overhanging gabled eaves with bargeboarding and timber pendentives. Canted window to road (S) elevation. Predominantly 8-pane glazing to timber sash and case windows. Square-plan ashlar gatepiers with chamfered angles and pyramidal caps. Decorative cast-iron gates.