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Farmstead and B-listed farmhouse, still in use, and an A-listed dovecot, now disused. According to Stirton (1913), in medieval times Rochelhill belonged to the Ogilvy family, and an armorial stone in the dovecot dated 1565 relates to this earlier occupation. Ownership was taken over by Andrew Wright, mason to the Strathmores, in 1689. The current farmhouse is dated 1710 with 18th or 19th century alterations, and a visit by OS in 1969 suggested that the building does not appear to pre-date the 1710 date. The dovecot is dated 1713, and it is likely that both the farmhouse and dovecot were built by Andrew Wright. It is shown on the 1st edition OS map as a group of seven buildings. Two have an attached horsemill, the farmhouse is a long irregular T-plan building, and the small square building to the south is the dovecot. On the 2nd edition OS map the steading is shown as large quadrangular building with the court partially open in the north-eastern end, and the entrance facing the farmhouse to the south-east. Three of the buildings on the 1st edition OS map have been removed, and another at least partially removed, with the rest incorporated or replaced by the steading building. The south-western end of the farmhouse has been shortened. Current maps show some further alterations, including the removal of the horsemill. The farmhouse is a two-storey, six-bay T-plan harled building with painted margins to the south and east. It is constructed from random rubble to the north-west, and squared and snecked rubble with ashlar quoins to the north-east. There are Angus stone slates to the earliest section of the house, with grey slates elsewhere. There are coped ashlar stacks with thackstanes and a shouldered wallhead stack to the north. The principal south-east elevation has a small porch, and the bays to the south-west are slightly lower. The lintel is dated, and inscribed with the initials 'TO IB'. The north-west elevation has an off-centre advanced gable, which features a bipartite window and breaking eaves into the gablehead. There are rubble boundary walls to the farmhouse. The dovecot is a single chamber, rectangular-plan lectern-type dovecot, with narrow bands of coursed rubble and a dressed rubble doorway. There is a stepped rat course/alighting ledge from Angus stone slate and an ashlar cornice. The roof also uses Angus stone slate, and has ashlar-coped skews. The south-east elevation has steps to a centre door with dated door jambs. Above the alighting ledge is the armorial panel dated 1565, which bears the Ogilvy arms and is inscribed with the motto 'HOP IN THE HEIST', and forms the base of a pointed-arch opening. Inside there are stone nesting boxes.
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NO34NE0021 - MAINS OF ROCHELHILL