Cathkin House, Glasgow

Cathkin House is a country house designed by architect and landscape gardener James Ramsay in Edinburgh. It was built in 1799 for Walter Ewing Macrae and has some late 19th and early 20th century additions. As of 1992, it serves as an Old Folk's Home. The house is classical in style, primarily two storeys tall, built on a slope with a full basement storey at the rear (north). The south front features a shallow U-plan with giant clasping pilasters at the wings, which are reminiscent of Kinross. The paired stacks suggest a tripartite layout, and there is a large central porch that is said to be constructed from different phases. The east flank has plain regular bays, while the north front has a shallow-bowed centre and Serlian windows.

The original service court is located at the west flank, which includes a low north-facing wing with heavily-rusticated stonework. This wing was heightened to two or three storeys, likely in the early 20th century, and was deepened to the south by extending a new south wall on massive stone pillars.

The original house is built of pinned rubble with ashlar dressings, sash and case windows, and a slate roof, while the additions are made of ashlar.