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Farmstead, still in use, built in circa 1834, possibly by Archibald Simpson, with some late 19th century alterations and additions, probably by W. L. Carruthers. It is shown on the 1st edition OS map as a U-plan steading with the court partly filled. There is an L-plan building to the south and two buildings to the west. The buildings to the west are depicted as a saw mill, and the farm is named Mains of Altyre. On the 2nd edition OS map there are some alterations to the U-plan steading, and some of the outbuildings around it have been removed. The farm is now named Home Farm, and the saw mill is now depicted as a hall. Current OS maps show further alterations to most of the buildings. It is a picturesque Italianate group of detached farm steading buildings, forming a courtyard with the Club House range sited at the west at a slightly lower level (NJ05NW0410). All the buildings are harled, with considerable use of contrasting polished and tooled ashlar dressings and margins. There is a pair of two-storey, two-bay cottages with round-headed entrances in the outer bay of the east front, with round-headed ground floor fenestration in the east and west elevations. Some lattice-pane glazing survives, though mainly replaced by two- and four-pane sashes. It has an off-centre ridge stack and piended slate roof. The cottages abut the south elevation of a commanding Italianate four-stage tower, lit by narrow round-headed bipartite lights in all faces of the first stage, and by paired round-headed windows in the second stage. It has a heavily corbelled ashlar third stage, with a shallow piended slate roof with an apex ball finial. The corbelled third stage may be a later addition. The extensive, rectangular, two-storey storage range with continuous blind arcading to upper the storey abuts the west face of the tower, and extends to the north. It has a piended slate roof. A tall, two-storey Italianate range (NJ05NW0407), with six high round-headed cart bays in the west elevation and the north gable has a covered stair to the loft. The loft and stairwell are lit by round-headed lights, and there is a bellcote at the south gable apex. Pond Cottage (NJ05NW0383), to the south of the steading, is a simple, single-storey, three-bay south-facing cottage, with a central door flanked by enlarged windows. There are end stacks and a slate roof, and there is a modern extension at rear. The two-storey, three-bay range of the Club house (the building to the west, NJ05NW0410) is built against the west-facing slope, with a first floor entrance at the east reached by a wooden flight of steps. The central bay is slightly advanced, and rising above flanking wings and lattice-pane glazing. A range of four tall arcaded cart bays are set back at the south gable. It has piended slate roofs. A Level 1 Standing Building Survey was carried out in December 2014 by Stuart Farrell prior to proposed renovation and partial demolition. It recorded that there was rebuilding after a fire in one of the barns in the west range 1920, and further alterations to the buildings in 1964.
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Historic Environment Records (HER) 
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NJ05NW0345 - BLAIRS HOME FARM