South Range, Steading, Wester Causewayend

This is a handsome farmhouse of 1802, as indicated by a datestone, along with associated steading buildings. The complex history of the site involves the reuse of earlier stonework, but the buildings have remained relatively unaltered in recent years. The farmhouse is situated at the right-hand end of a group of buildings, facing south towards the Edinburgh/Lanark road, with a low range adjoining it. Behind these, steading ranges form a courtyard. The buildings are predominantly constructed of rubble masonry and have slate roofs.

The farmhouse is two storeys high with three unequal and narrow bays to the front. The entrance bay is centrally placed and features a corniced and architraved doorway with a deeply recessed door incorporating glazed top panels. The windows are flat-margined, with 4-pane sash and case glazing; a painted blind window above the door suggests an earlier 12-pane pattern. A bold mutule cornice runs along the eaves. The front wall is of coursed, squared rubble masonry with ashlar dressings. Skews are present, and end stacks are visible, with the stack to the west having been reduced in height and rendered. The slate roof completes the structure.

The rear elevation reveals earlier stonework incorporated into the farmhouse, which accounts for its unusually short length. A stone at the wallhead, not part of the original construction, is inscribed and dated 1765. Dressed ashlar, evidently removed from blocked early openings, has been reused elsewhere.

A front garden is enclosed by low boundary walls topped with iron railings and a gate. The range adjoining the farmhouse is single-storey and appears to have been built in two stages. The section nearest the farmhouse is used for domestic purposes and may have been from the outset. It has three windows with 12-pane sashes. The front wall of the remainder of the range is constructed of squared rubble laid in regular courses, with droved ashlar dressings. A small, square, chamfered opening with raised margins, and a 17th or early 18th century lintel inscribed “IOHN. GRAHM. CHRISTN. SOMMER/UEL” (John Graham and Christian Somerville), have been reused, referencing individuals also commemorated on a 1739 lintel within the steading. A modern shed adjoins the rear of this range.

The remainder of the steading consists of three ranges arranged in a U-plan. The west range has a gable facing the roadside and exhibits evidence of being built in stages, with early work visible on the long west flank. A 17th or early 18th century opening on the north gable may be out of its original position. The northwest corner has been rebuilt in brick. A circular opening in the south gable dates to the 18th century and is initialled "JG." A section along the south end of the east flank features diagonally-dressed ashlar masonry, possibly reused, with horizontally-dressed dressings.

The north range is also constructed in stages, and has four doors along the north flank, one of which has a lintel dated 1739, initialled IG/CS. On the west gable is an unusual ogee-headed small opening with a stone shelf, believed to be an owl hole. The elevation facing the courtyard to the east appears to be from the early 19th century. A single-storey, free-standing range, dated to the 19th century, is situated on the south side of the road and contains vehicle openings.