Kirkwood Old Manse, Coulter

Kirkwood Old Manse is a mid-19th century former manse, extended in the later 19th century. It is a T-plan building constructed of dark whinstone rubble with cream ashlar dressings, and has a grey slate roof with bracketted eaves and plain bargeboards. The front elevation features a projecting gable with a three-light bowed window on the ground floor and a bipartite window above. A panelled door with a fanlight is located at the re-entrant angle, 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, along with a single window and a gable-headed bipartite window rising through the eaves to the first floor. Further windows are on the original front elevation, to the left (with original glazing) and right, with a bipartite window to the ground floor and an original window to the first floor. A stable wing is located to the left, single-storey with five blind windows, and a boarded ladder door to the left return gable. A stable wing to the right is single-storey, with two top-hopper multi-pane windows. The rear elevation has a single-storey, pentice-roofed bay in the centre, with windows to the left and right, a former stair window in the centre, and windows to the left and right (one a modern replacement). Two rooflights are present. A catslide roofed vehicle entrance with two boarded doors is on the left, and a large vehicle opening is on the left side of the stable wing.

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

A former Beadle’s Cottage, single-storey and three-bay, with a later addition to the rear, is also part of the property. It is rendered with a slate roof, bracketted eaves, a boarded door with a fanlight, four-pane timber sash and case windows, and corniced ridge stacks.