Bridge, Blairfordel Farm

Heritage listing

Category C Date Added 27/07/2004 Local Authority Perth And Kinross Planning Authority Perth And Kinross Parish Cleish NGR NT 14331 95796 Coordinates 314331, 695796 — House: Earlier to mid 19th century restrained and simple former inn/post office formerly serving the Blair Adam Estate (now currently used as a farm house, 2004). Attention to detail of certain features raise it above the ordinary demonstrating a degree of sophistication and elegance including; symmetrical coursed ashlar principal elevation, picturesque timber Doric columned porch, segmentally headed openings to principal windows and bulls eye windows to gables. Single storey and attic; possibly originally T-plan, however gabled wings to far NW probably added later creating an overall rectangular-plan. Side and rear elevations finished with snecked rubble, dressed openings and quoins to all. Render below eaves of principal elevation suggesting perhaps house once framed by overhanging eaves which were subsequently cut down. Pitched slate roofs with cast iron rainwater goods. Squat polygonal ashlar corniced stacks with circular cans. Steading: U-plan steading to N with cartshed to NE, adjoined wall stretching up W to roadside; snecked rubble with dressed openings and quoins. 2 openings to cart shed, that to right set close to advanced left wing of main block. Later brick and stone forestairs blocking cart arch to inner face of left gable. Various openings to inner face of main block (some latterly inserted), cart arch to far right partly obscured by advanced right wing; bulls eye window set within gable. Few openings to rear of steading. Small single storey outshot located to rear (possibly housed water powered machinery as small burn runs underneath, nothing in interior remaining, 2004). Pitched slated roofs

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.