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Mansion House, still in use. It was probably built in the early 19th century, and enlarged in 1846 in a colonial style. It is shown on Thomson's map of 1820 where it is named 'Orchard', and it is named 'Orchardbank' on the 1st and 2nd edition OS maps. On the 1st edition OS map it is shown as an L-shaped building with a C-shaped building attached at the north. It is situated within rectangular grounds and there is a small building to the east of the Mansion and another in the south-east corner of the grounds. By the 2nd edition OS map there is an extension on the north, and there are additional rectangular buildings to the north of the mansion. There is also a pump shown to the south of the house. Current maps show the mansion and associated buildings have been almost entirely removed. The south range of the original house remains, and there are kennels that are possibly incorporating the earlier building to the south-east. There is a long rectangular building to the west, and a large building to the north, possibly incorporating some elements of the original house. The pump is no longer shown. It is a two-storey, five-bay piended roofed house in a plantation style, with an Ionic doorpiece and colonial style verandah wings incorporating incised plinths, the central one of which is inscribed '1846 ERECTED BY ALEX LINDSAY LATE OF EAST INDIES'. It is constructed from Angus-type rubble with large quoins to the north rear elevation and an eaves course and quoin strips to the south principal elevation. The site is enclosed with coped rubble boundary walls, some of which are drystone. There is a square flat-coped gatepier and two-leaf decorative ironwork gates adjoining the south-west angle of the house.
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Historic Environment Records (HER) 
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NO45SW0036 - ORCHARDBANK