Broomhill House

1914-19, with circa 1935 addition, in Arts and Crafts

tradition. Balfour Paul, architect, Edinburgh. 2-storey,

roughly L-plan house with later wing forming U-plan rear

court approached through pend passing under circa 1935

drawing room extension. Random mixed granite, tooled grey

granite ashlar dressings.

Off-centre entrance in N elevation; pale grey granite moulded

doorpiece. Asymmetrical S garden front with wide partially

glazed verandah under catslide roof with 3-window box

dormer with floral embossed lead linking panels. Wide 3-light

window left (lighting sitting room former drawing room);

gabled W elevation with 2 ground floor canted bay windows.

At NW tall, 4-bay 1st floor drawing room wing with 4 long

windows breaking wallhead under piended gables and pend

below.

Gabled E elevation and rear service wing. 1st floor windows

break wallhead under piended gablets; multi-pane glazing

throughout.

Service court screened by high coped wall with entrance

flanked by round rubble gate piers with circular caps.

Lean-to outbuilding in form of lectern dovecote with angle

ball finial on rear wallhead.

End and ridge coped stacks; wallhead stack to drawing room

wing with shaped scroll base; kneelers to gables; local

slate roofs.

Interior: entrance lobby with beams leads to inner stairhall

with large chimneypieces; sitting room with simple carved

chimneypiece with tiled surround. Later 1st floor drawing

room opens from staircase, large long barrel vaulted room

with ribbed plaster ceiling, the ribbing decorated with shell

and seaweed design; moulded ceiling cornice. Mural

semi-circular niche with shell head; 17th century style

lugged marble chimneypiece with carved oak leaf detailing

to cornice and mantel with egg and dart decoration.