Adjoining Stable Wing To S, Kirkwood Old Manse, Coulter

This is a mid-19th century building, with a later 19th-century extension, originally part of Kirkwood Old Manse. It comprises a two-storey, T-plan former manse, linked to stable wings on either side and a separate former beadle’s cottage. The manse is constructed of dark whinstone rubble with cream ashlar dressings, topped with a grey slate roof featuring bracketted eaves and plain bargeboards. It has a base course and corniced stacks. Original windows were timber sash and case with 12 panes; some have been altered, while the later addition has 2-pane sash and case windows.

The front elevation has a gabled section at its centre, featuring a three-light bowed window on the ground floor and a bipartite window above. A panelled door with a fanlight sits in the re-entrant angle to the right, with a later window with octagonal glazing to the left, and a two-pane window above. A single window is present on the ground floor of the left return elevation, as is a single window and a gable-headed bipartite window rising through the eaves to the first floor. The original front elevation to the left has original glazing, and the right side contains a bipartite window on the ground floor and an original window on the first floor.

To the left of the front elevation is a single-storey stable wing, featuring five blind windows and a boarded ladder door on the left return gable. A stable wing to the right is also single-storey, with two top-hopper multi-pane windows.

The rear elevation features a single-storey, pentice-roofed bay in the centre, with windows to the left and right, and a possible former stair window in the centre of the first floor. Windows are also present to the left and right. The right-hand window is a modern replacement. Two rooflights are visible. To the right is a stable with a catslide roof, with a vehicle entrance to the left containing a two-leaf boarded door, and another stable to the left with a large vehicle opening.

The interior retains original joinery, cornices and some chimney pieces, along with decorative cast-iron balusters. Alterations to the original front doorway and staircase have occurred following the addition. The stable wing on the left of the front elevation retains an original irregular cobbled floor, five timber trevises, and a ladder (allegedly for clearing gutters) above the ceiling joists adjoining the ladder door.

The former beadle’s cottage is a single-storey, three-bay cottage with a later addition to the rear. It has a modern render finish, a slate roof with bracketted eaves, a boarded door with a fanlight, 4-pane timber sash and case windows, and corniced ridge stacks.