Lochcarrig

Detached three-bay two-storey over basement house, built c. 1810, having recent flat-roofed single-storey extensions to south gable and wrought-iron bridge over area to rear (west) elevation. Now also in use as guest house. Hipped slate roof, artificial slate to rear pitch, with rendered chimneystacks having limestone coping and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls with render quoins to rear elevation. Square-headed window openings throughout, with cut limestone sills and timber sliding sash windows, six-over-three pane to first floor and nine-over-six to ground floor front and rear elevations, moulded render surrounds to first floor and moulded render cornices and consoles, surrounds and sill course to ground floor openings to rear. Timber glazed double-leaf doors to ground floor, rear elevation. Replacement timber and uPVC windows to basement. Round-headed door opening with recessed timber panelled double-leaf doors flanked by render Doric columns on cut limestone bases, supporting plain cornice and spoked fanlight. Yard to east having rubble stone walls and square-profile piers, two-bay two-storey outbuilding to east range with pitched artificial slate roof, rubble stone walls and square-headed openings, eight-bay single-storey range to north range having pitched corrugated-iron and aluminium roofs, rubble stone walls, square-headed openings and segmental-arched carriage arch with rubble stone voussoirs.

Interesting house with two principal façades, one traditional plain façade symmetrical around a round-headed doorway, the rear a later intervention with much applied render decoration, visible from across the bay. The position of the chimneystacks may indicate that the now front elevation was once a rear elevation. Retains much fabric including roof slates and interior features. Yard to site with simple unpretentious outbuildings.