Edinburgh, Maybury, West Craigs Farm

West Craigs Farmhouse: NT 17813 73398, West Craigs Farmsteading, NT 17850 73343, West Craigs Cottage: NT 17921 73482 A historic building survey was carried out, from February to August 2020, of a farmhouse, farmsteading and cottage located at West Craigs Farm, Maybury. The works have been completed as a condition of planning consent for the intended demolition of the cottage and farm steading and the renovation of the farmhouse prior to development.

The work was undertaken in two stages, both before and after the former farm steading buildings were cleared. West Craigs Farmhouse, farm steading and cottage all date to the early 19th century, replacing a smaller farm. The present farm steading, which was established as a range of barns centred around a courtyard, originally had a threshing machine to the S corner. This was removed in the later 19th century and replaced with a larger two-storey dwelling with tall brick chimneys.

Into the mid-late 20th century, the steading buildings underwent a significant amount of brick blocking and, in some cases, rebuilding of the original barns, which were mostly used as cow byres or storage sheds. The farmhouse has been recently occupied, and retains some original features such as cornicing, stair, ceiling roses and timber panelling to the windows (although all the windows have been replaced with UPVC). The cottage has also been largely modernised and was originally three separate dwellings, now converted to a single dwelling. Render was applied over the original stonework in the late 20th century.

Archive: NRHE

Funder: Taylor Wimpey East Scotland

Diana Sproat, Lynn Fraser, Jamie Humble and Robert Usher − AOC Archaeology Group

(Source: DES Vol 21)

OASIS ID: aocarcha1-391032