Northern And Southern Lodges, Auchernach House

The Northern and Southern Lodges at Auchernach House were likely built between 1809 and 1858. The Northern Lodge is a single-storey building with an attic and raised basement, featuring a three-bay rectangular plan, a broad eaved piend roof, and prominent central stacks with three diamond-aligned chimneys. The Southern Lodge, dated 1858, is two-storeys with a raised basement, also with a three-bay rectangular plan. It has stone-pedimented window heads that break the eaves and diamond-aligned stacks. Both cottages are constructed from large blocks of squared rubble with Aberdeen bond pinnings, and the sides and rear of the Southern Lodge are harled.

Both cottages have symmetrical entrance elevations with a central door; the Southern Lodge includes a later porch and a tall narrow stair window at the center of the rear. The windows feature a largely 12-pane glazing pattern in timber sash and case windows, while the first floor of the Southern Lodge has 8-pane casement windows. The roofs are covered with graded grey slates, and the chimneys are made of coped ashlar with ashlar-coped skews and block skewputts on the Southern Lodge.

Inside, the Southern Lodge retains much of its early detail, including moulded cornices, six-panelled doors, panelled ceilings, and a dog-leg staircase with timber balusters. The Northern Lodge has had its floor removed but still retains six-panelled timber doors, boarded dadoes, and a kitchen range.