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Farmstead, still in use, with a C-listed farmhouse built in circa 1820-40, possibly incorporating an earlier house, with 20th century additions, including a conservatory reconstructed from the upper section of the glazed verandah at Pitfour House (NJ94NE0039), which was demolished in 1927. It is shown on the 1st edition OS map as a U-plan steading with attached horsemill and a rectangular-plan building to the east. The L-plan farmhouse is across the road to the south-east, set within a square-plan enclosure. On the 2nd edition OS map a building has been added to the south of the steading with a large pond added beyond it. The enclosure around the farmhouse has been extended to the west. Current OS maps show the steading has been incorporated within larger steading buildings, the building to the south has been removed and there are additions and alterations to the farmhouse, including the angle being filled and buildings added within the extended enclosure. The 20th century conservatory sits in front of the west-facing, piend-roofed and centre-doored two-storey, three-bay farmhouse. The full-height rear wing to the south-east that forms an L-plan is shallow in plan and may incorporate an earlier house. A pyramid-roofed 20th century square-plan addition fills the angle at the north-east. The plain harled elevations have single-light windows, widely spaced at the earlier sections, and there are tall coped wallhead stacks and slate piended roofs (earlier parts re-roofed) throughout. The conservatory has cast-iron water-leaf columns, decorative cast-iron mullions and cast-iron cresting over the south door, possibly also from Pitfour House. An original glazed roof has been replaced with an asbestos tiled roof. Inside, there is a drawing room in the west section with a low ceiling that has fine gilded plasterwork. A pair of elaborate oak chimneypieces have mirror overmantles and tileder register grates with a 'GNF' inscription, the family crest of the Ferguson's of Pitfour, which is Victorian but assembled from earlier, possibly 17th century, fragments, and was originally in the ballroom at Pitfour. There are gilt heraldic cartouches in plaster frieae in the entrance vestibule, and a Gothic chair and bench from Pitfour Chapel (NJ94NE0053) is now in the house.
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