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Field Visit
Date 14 June 1914
Event ID 1114476
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1114476
Crichton House.
Crichton House (Fig.81), a 17th-century dwelling, lies rather more than a mile south of Pathhead. It is L-shaped on plan with the main block, 46 ½ by 22 ¼ feet, running north and south, and the wing, 19 ½ by 22 feet, projecting westward in alignment with the main south gable. From the re-entrant angle there projects a semi-octagonal tower to contain the main staircase and the original entrance, which is now disused and built up. The main block has been extended southwards. The house is a very plain structure of three storeys and a garret. The window lintels and jambs are stop-chamfered; the gables crowstepped with moulded skew-puts. The old entrance doorway has a moulded architrave and cornice of Renaissance design, and above is a framed recess to contain a heraldic panel, now awanting. The walls are rough-cast.
Internally the building has been modernised but the old turnpike within the tower, at the re-entrant angle, is still in use and leads from the ground floor to the attics. The third floor retains its original fireplaces with moulded jambs and lintels. The structure, which is in occupation and in excellent repair, is very similar to Cockburn House.
SUNDIAL. On the sill of a second-floor window facing south is a projection carrying a bronze dial.
RCAHMS 1929, visited 14 June 1914.
