Gowanbank

The farmhouse dates to circa 1820, with a substantial irregular U-plan range added by Sir James Gowans around 1862. The earlier farmhouse is two storeys high, asymmetrical, and has two gabled bays, with a gabled head to the first-floor window of the third bay. A door is centrally located in the middle bay, featuring a motto and entwined "J," representing Gowans' initials, in the gable. The south elevation is simply detailed. The farmhouse is constructed from squared whin rubble with ashlar and granite quoins and dressings, featuring cut-back eaves.

The 1862 addition is two storeys high and has three bays, with a garage inserted into the northern bay. The ground floor windows have simply chamfered openings. There are three wall-head dormers - a central semi-octagonal dormer with corbelling, and outer dormers with deep segmental hoods. The masonry detailing is similar on both parts of the U-plan. The north elevation displays typical Gowans originality with splayed first-floor angle windows. Tall, stilted, hooded dormers are present on the inner faces of the U-plan. Tall stacks feature a chevron cornice detail.

The steading and cottage date from 1842 and 1862, also by Sir James Gowans. The steading is a simple courtyard type with projecting buildings, including an engine house and barn to the south, and a labourer’s cottage. The masonry is polychromatic whin, using a lattice grid with inset quartz banding and rock-faced dressings. The cottage, located at the south of the east range, features splayed angle windows with banded jambs. The west side has a recessed door under a swept-pitched roof. A bold chimney breast on the south wall is notable for its corbelled set-offs and pentice slabs. It also includes banded stacks with a chevron coping and castellated cans. Some swept dormers are present, with the gabled eastern bay elaborately corbelled, using stone and timber to the same profile. Details continue in the north-eastern projection, featuring an inscription on the south wall dating to 1862. The court's interior details are simple, with later brickwork, and the north range is the only surviving portion of the circa 1820 structure. Slate roofs are present, with some patterning.

A rectangular detached coach house and dairy building is symmetrical with a central door and flanking windows. A large later opening is visible in the north gable, and patterned slate work is present. A detached cattle byre has similar detailing, with a ventilated north elevation and an elaborated corbelled gable, topped by a slate roof. The estate is bounded by mannered rubble walls with regularly raised coping, stepped at intervals. Gatepiers have collapsed.