Cormiston House

Cormiston House is an early 19th century house, with later 19th and early 20th century additions and alterations. The original house is two storeys high and three bays wide, built of whinstone rubble with cream sandstone dressings. It features a central entrance, with two-storey canted bays flanking it. The doorpiece has banded pilasters and a plain entablature decorated with a keystone. The main entrance is a half-glazed door with a three-pane fanlight, and a double six-panel grained outer door sits behind it. Above the entrance is a single window with raised quoins and 12-pane sash-and-case glazing. The canted bays have four-pane sash-and-case windows to the sides. A moulded eaves course runs along the top of the building. The roof is slate-covered and features weathered skews and gablehead chimney stacks, each with four octagonal stone-built cans. To the right of the main house is a single-storey wing with a pitched roof, and to the left is an early 20th century extension in a ‘L’ shape, with a mansard roof and three bays at the front. This section is harled and has a slate roof; its ground-floor windows are large, 12-pane sash-and-case, while the first floor has six-pane lower and three-pane upper sashes in timber frames. Fireclay ridges are present. The rear of the building is largely nondescript and harled, matching the extension.

A contemporary steading, built to a similar design as the original house, stands at the rear. Parts of the steading are harled, while others are harl-pointed. A small walled garden lies beyond the house extension.

The interiors are noted for their fine plasterwork. The main stair has plain railings and a decorative wooden handrail. Some early 20th century light fittings are present, alongside two black-tiled art deco bathrooms. The extension shows influences from the school of Burnet.