Knowehead Cottages, 64 Old Glasgow Road, Uddingston

Knowehead Cottages, located at 64 Old Glasgow Road in Uddingston, likely has origins from the early 17th century, around 1629, with later alterations and additions. This pair of cottages features a rectangular plan, with the southern cottage being a single storey with an attic and three bays, while the northern cottage is also single storey with three bays, a lower single bay addition, and a further lean-to addition at the northern end. There is a modern flat-roofed addition at the rear of both cottages. The buildings are constructed from stugged and squared sandstone rubble, with roughly defined ashlar surrounds to the openings and an eaves course. To the north of the cottage range, there is a monopitch, rectangular-plan outbuilding made of squared sandstone rubble, featuring a boarded door on the south face and a corrugated-iron roof.

On the east elevation, the southern cottage has three bays with a long and short door surround, leading to a two-leaf timber-panelled door. There is a window at ground level and a dormer window above in the bays flanking the door. The northern cottage has four bays, with a replaced architraved doorway in the centre bay, also with a two-leaf timber-panelled door. Each flanking bay contains a window, and there is a window in a recessed bay to the outer right.

The west elevation of the southern cottage has three bays, featuring a single window at ground level set to the left of centre, along with a window in the south face of the addition to the right of centre and a dormer window above. The northern cottage has a modern rectangular-plan conservatory spanning the rear elevation and a single window in the recessed bay to the outer left.

On the south side elevation, there is a painted gabled wall with an addition to the left, a window to the right of the gabled wall, and a gablehead stack above. The north side elevation includes a boarded door to the lean-to addition that spans the gabled wall, with a gablehead stack above.

The cottages feature a variety of glazing patterns, including 4-, 6-, and 9-pane timber sash and case windows, with fixed replacement uPVC windows at number 64 and modern glazing at the rear. The roof is covered with grey slate, while the lean-to addition has a corrugated-iron roof, and the flat-roofed rear additions have modern coverings. The gableheads have ashlar coped stacks, with a replaced stack on the northern gable and the ridge, along with ashlar coped skews and cast-iron rainwater goods, some of which have been replaced with uPVC.

The interior was partially seen in 1997, revealing timber boarding to the dado in the hall of number 66.