Gatepiers

Andrew Balfour and Henry Bell Wesley Steele, late 19th century. 2-storey, L-plan gate lodge with Jacobean gables, ogee-domed entrance tower at re-entrant angle and over-hanging eaves; adjacent gatepiers and quadrant walls forming entrance to Boquhan estate. Stugged, squared and snecked, pale sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings and entrance tower. Base course, moulded cornices.

E ELEVATION: canted, quadripartite window to ground floor; moulded cill to bipartite window above; pyramid obelisk finials and scrolls to stepped Jacobean gable. Entrance tower to right with moulded surround.

S (REAR) ELEVATION: Venetian window to first floor at with tall wallhead stack to right. Single-storey, flat roofed addition to W elevation: squared and snecked rubble. Stepped pedimented dormer with ball finial breaking eaves above; tall, shouldered stack to left. Tripartite, segmental-arched window to N elevation.

Predominantly 2-pane glazing to timber sash and case windows. Cast iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: turned hardwood stair with elaborate newel post and sweeping rail. Timber panelled doors.

GATEPIERS AND QUADRANT WALLS: (Map Ref, NS 66407, 95402): four large square piers capped with pyramid obelisks supported by stone balls and corners. Pierced quadrant walls flanking gate. Electronically operated cast-iron gates added early 21st century.