A steep roof, rubble walls and dormer windows preserve the scale of one of Pathhead’s earlier Main Street houses.
Quick facts
- Date
- Later eighteenth century; later porch
- Architect / designer
- Builder not identified
- Type
- Rubble-built house with attic dormers
- Designation
- Listed building, Category C (LB5091)
- OS grid reference
- NT 39489 64315
Architecture and continuing use
The one-and-a-half-storey rectangular house uses random rubble, droved dressings and plain skews. A later timber porch marks the centre, with ground-floor sash windows and three flush dormers above. The steep roof pitch suggests an earlier thatched covering before later slates and pantiles.
Its story
The house was built in the later eighteenth century, before the nineteenth-century coaching-road improvements transformed movement through the village. Its relationship with an adjacent farm complex led to the Old Farmhouse name. The designation recorded guest-house use around 2000, but that is not assumed to continue.
Why it is included
Category C listing protects an early and readable component of Pathhead’s domestic streetscape.
What to notice
- The unusually steep main roof.
- Three timber-gabled dormers set almost flush with the wall.
- Differences between the rubble walls and tooled window dressings.
Reading the surroundings
View from the public street without entering the garden, porch or adjoining farm ground. Treat the building as private unless a current owner advertises access.
Timeline
- Late 1700s A compact rubble house was built on Pathhead’s Main Street.
- 1979 Its early fabric and streetscape value received statutory protection.
- 2000 The designation survey recorded guest-house use under the Old Farmhouse name.
What we know — and what remains uncertain
No current hospitality operation was independently verified. The public record distinguishes historical use from present access.
Sources & further reading
- Historic Environment Scotland: 47 Main Street, LB5091 — Current designation status, official mapped location, date, fabric and architectural or archaeological interest.
- Trove designation: LB5091 — Parallel national record identity and archival context.
Location
OS grid reference NT 39489 64315 · Location confidence: High: the current national designation supplies an exact mapped National Grid Reference; public text separately states access and current-use uncertainty. · Select the marker to open its satellite view in Google Maps. On desktop, drag Pegman (the yellow figure) onto a blue road. On mobile, turn on the Street View layer and tap a blue road. Other photo markers may be user-contributed.
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