Sweethope Farm, The Glebe, Bothwell

Sweethope Farm, located on The Glebe in Bothwell, is an early 18th century house that has undergone later alterations and additions. It is a two-storey, five-bay, plain symmetrical gable-ended rectangular-plan building with a single-storey gabled range at the rear, finished in harling with painted surrounds around the openings.

The south elevation features an architraved doorway with two-leaf timber panelled doors, behind which is a replacement small-pane glazed vestibule door. Above this doorway, there is a window on the first floor, with a window in each bay at both floors flanking the entrance.

The north elevation is irregular with five bays, including a two-bay projection on the outer right. It has a small stair window in the central bay, a window at ground level in the left bay, and a first-floor window in the outer left bay. To the left, there is a bipartite window, and to the right, in the gable-ended bay of the projection, there is another window with a gablehead stack above. Additionally, there is a wide-set window at the first floor of the main block on the outer right.

The east elevation is also irregular with three bays. It features a gabled wall with a small gablehead window and gablehead stack on the left side of the main block. To the right, there is a two-bay projection that is set back, with wide-set windows in each bay. Above this projection, there is a wallhead stack set to the left of centre.

The west elevation is irregular with four bays. It includes a gabled wall with a window set to the left at ground level and a small gablehead window with a gablehead stack on the right side of the main block. There is a three-bay projection with a window in the central bay, and an architraved doorway with a boarded door flanked by bays.

The house features replacement 12-pane timber sash and case windows, along with some 2-pane timber sash and case and casement windows at the rear. There are small skylights on the main roof and the projection. The roof is covered in grey slate, with slate on the projection as well. The gableheads and stacks are harled, and the building has weathered harled skews. The rainwater goods are made of cast iron, with some uPVC replacements at the rear.

The interior, which was not fully seen in 1997, includes a centrally placed stone turnpike stair, tongue and groove boarded doors to the attics, and stone floors and skirting boards in the main downstairs rooms.