Kimmerghame Mains, Kimmerghame House

Later 18th century (possibly earlier) with early 19th century wing to NE and remodelling and addition to SW in mid 19th century; with further later single storey addition to NE. 2-storey, 6-bay line-rendered house with ashlar dressings (some concrete repairs). Ashlar margins and strip pilasters.

SE ELEVATION: bays grouped 1-3-1-1. 3-bay group: regularly-disposed, broadly-spaced bays. Panelled door with 8-pane rectangular fanlight above, under ashlar corbelled canopy; window at 1st floor. Window to each floor of flanking bays. Each bay with window at 1st floor with crowstep-gabled dormerhead, with blinded ashlar arrow-slit to gablehead. Bay to outer left: taller, slightly advanced, broad, raised crowstep-gabled with window to each floor; ashlar corbelled canopy above window at 1st floor; ashlar ball finial to apex. Bay to right of centre: set back slightly with lower ridge height. Window to each floor, breaking eaves at 1st floor with ashlar skew coped dormerhead. Bay to outer right: single storey later addition with window.

NW ELEVATION: originally single storey projection, raised in mid 19th century to 2-storey, crowstep-gabled projection to centre of 3-bay group with window at ground and at 1st floor; boarded door to outer right of SW return; stair window at 1st floor to left of NE return elevation. Window to each floor of flanking bays. Slightly advanced crowstep-gabled blank bay to outer right with ashlar ball finial. Timber-mullioned bipartite window at ground in bay left of 3-bay group. Boarded door to single bay to outer left with further lean-to addition with boarded door to left.

12-pane timber sash and case windows. Graded slate roof. Ashlar coped stacks to gable apex flanking 3-bay group and to single bay gable to NE; all heightened later. Rain hopper between ground and 1st floor to NW corner of central projection to rear.

INTERIOR: not seen, 1996.