Sluievannachie, Old Line Road, Ballater

Peter Mitchell (builder), 1836-38. Single storey and attic farmhouse with lower rear wing, with later lower extension. Harled with granite margins, predominately to attic floor. Gabled dormers breaking wallhead. Tall diamond stacks. Greek cross detail to E gable apex.

FURTHER DESCRIPTION: symmetrical 3-bay S elevation. Central gabled porch with skew putts and shield, dated 1836. Central 4-panelled timber door with Gothic fanlight with intersecting tracery. Flanking bays, window to ground floor and gabled dormer above.

Predominantly 4-pane timber casement windows. Graded grey slates. Granite ashlar skews with moulded skew putts. Gable end stacks with paired diamond flues to W and E elevation. Triple flues to N gable.

INTERIOR: original floor plan largely extant. Some raised and folded panelled shutters. Predominantly 6-panel timber doors. Whitewashed basement with rubble walls and beaten earth floor.

CHEESE PRESS: to W elevation. Pink granite with grey granite weight.