Blocked roll-moulded windows and a buried former gable preserve evidence of an early house inside a later working-farm outbuilding.
Quick facts
- Date
- Late seventeenth or early eighteenth century; raised and extended in the nineteenth century
- Architect / designer
- Original builder unknown; possibly associated with Thomas Smith
- Type
- Early farm building and later steading outbuilding
- Designation
- Listed building, Category B (LB18955)
- OS grid reference
- NS 56546 56235
Architecture and continuing use
The whitewashed rubble building began at one storey with an attic and was later raised and extended. Roll-moulded windows survive, some blocked, while masonry traces its earlier gable line. A loading door, vehicle opening and ventilation holes record conversion to steading use.
Its story
The earliest fabric may date from the late seventeenth or early eighteenth century and could have served as a farmhouse. Raising and westward extension in the mid-nineteenth century adapted it to the improved courtyard farm established across the road.
Why it is included
Category B listing recognises a rare layered rural building in which early domestic fabric and later agricultural change remain legible.
What to notice
- Roll-moulded windows, including blocked attic openings.
- The old gable line visible within later raised masonry.
- A loft loading door breaking through the eaves.
Reading the surroundings
This is a working farm, not a visitor attraction. Do not enter yards, fields or buildings; keep clear of livestock, machinery, residents and farm traffic.
Timeline
- Late 1600s–early 1700s The earliest single-storey and attic building was probably erected.
- Mid-1800s Raising and extension adapted the structure for steading use.
- 1991 The outbuilding received Category B protection.
- 2026 Current legal reporting confirms continuing agricultural tenancy at Flenders Farm.
What we know — and what remains uncertain
The original function and association with Thomas Smith remain possibilities, not proven facts. The 2026 source confirms the farm tenancy, not the precise use of this outbuilding.
Sources & further reading
- Historic Environment Scotland: Flenders Farm Outbuilding, LB18955 — Current designation status, official mapped location, date, fabric and architectural or archaeological interest.
- Trove designation: LB18955 — Parallel national record identity and archival context.
- STV News: Flenders Farm tenancy decision — Current reporting of a Scottish Land Court decision confirming ongoing tenanted-farm context in 2026.
Location
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