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Mansion house, now split into separate residencies, and the remains of a designed landscape. It was built in circa 1830, with extensive additions by James McLaren, architect, in 1861. It is a small two-storey classic mansion house, constructed from ashlar. On the 1st edition OS map, it is made up of two rectangular wings, oriented roughly North/South and joined at the South. The Western wing is shorter, and the North-facing elevation protrudes to the East and West, widening it as seen from the North. The Eastern wing is almost twice the length. It is narrower to the South, but very soon widens to its full width. There is a narrow projection from the West-facing elevation, which joins to the North-West corner of the Eastern wing. Both wings are joined at the South by a narrow elevation, creating an L-plan court within. There is a small rectangular building to the West. The mansion is surrounded by a wooded boarder and designed landscape. On the 2nd edition OS map, there have been extensive additions and alterations. The Eastern wing still remains much the same, but the narrow elevation to the South that joins the two wings has been greatly extended, creating a wide East/West oriented wing. Attached to the West of the Western block is a U-plan range, open to the West. The Northern section of the range continues further to the West than the Southern one, with a narrower addition on the end. The angle between the South of the U-plan range and the South wing has been mostly filled by a square structure. To the West of the U-plan range is an L-plan building. To the North-West of the mansion is a rectangular lodge, and a large L-plan range, with smaller rectangular outbuildings oriented East/West, situated to the North of the U-plan range. Today, the lodge and L-plan range to the North-West are still in place, as number 18, and numbers 1-3 Braeheid, with some modern additions and alterations. They are constructed from rubble, and have piended slate roofs. The Eastern wing of the mansion has been shortened to the same length as the Western wing. The South wing has a two-storey, five-bay South-facing elevation, with a columned entrance porch and small pediment above the central bay. There is a square projecting bay on the West gable, and a rounded projecting bow bay on the East gable. The original East wing is a two-storey, three-bay building, with a central entrance in the East-facing elevation. The West wing is a single-storey building, with a shallow corrugated asbestos roof. There are piended slate roofs to the South and East wings. The square structure that filled the angle still exists as a decorative metal garden feature, made up of a series of narrow columns supporting decorative arches, surmounting a low wall. The mansion now sits within a modern housing estate, covering most of the designed landscape. To the East of the mansion there remains a lawn, and some of the trees lining the limits of the designed landscape still exist.
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