This unusual square building had its origin has a bastle. It has now been built into a barn.
The building is almost square on plan, and is clearly an addition to the older house (which bears an early 17th century datestone; its front wall has been largely rebuilt within the old quoins). It has originally been of two storeys, with substantial alternating quoins; a second floor, with smaller quoins, is a later addition. There is a blocked chamfered doorway in the centre of the 1 metre-thick west wall, and a similar one at the east end of the south wall; the other openings mostly seem later insertions, although there are old wall lockers in the south and west walls {Ref 2}. See also:
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