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Latitude: 54.9695 / 54°58'10"N
Longitude: -4.4875 / 4°29'15"W
OS Eastings: 240866
OS Northings: 566707
OS Grid: NX408667
Mapcode National: GBR 4G.Y51B
Mapcode Global: WH3TF.1CC4
Plus Code: 9C6QXG96+RX
Entry Name: Kirkton House
Listing Name: Kirkton House
Listing Date: 4 November 1971
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 350911
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB17061
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200350911
Location: Minnigaff
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West
Parish: Minnigaff
Traditional County: Kirkcudbrightshire
Tagged with: House
Late 18th century. 2-storey, 3-bay former manse, with single storey flanking wings and alterations (1837). Harled; E and W elevations painted rubble. Polished granite margins to S elevation.
S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: granite columned open porch at centre (1837 ?), with heavy cornice and blocking course; panelled door with 4-pane fanlight; granite steps. Regularly disposed fenestration; tripartite windows at ground floor (probably 1837). Half-piended wings slightly recessed to left and right; bipartite window to each.
W ELEVATION: wing adjoined, with window to right.
E ELEVATION: wing adjoined, with window to right.
N ELEVATION: window to left and right at 1st floor. 2-storey gabled stair block addition at centre; stair window to W return, and window at ground and 1st floors to left to N. House clasped by lean-to additions flanking at ground floor; window to lean-to to right; 2 doors and 2 small windows to longer lean-to to left.
Largerly 12-pane glazing in sash and case windows, 8-pane in bipartite windows. Red sandstone coped skews and bracketted skewputts. Painted rubble gablehead stacks; harled wallhead stacks to wings, to E and W. Grey slates.
Modern glasshouse situated to W. Long gabled range of rubble outbuildings to NW. Decorative wrought-iron gate at entrance to drive.
Previously listed as "Manse, Minnigaff". Kirkton House was built as the manse for Monifaff Parish Church. According to the NEW STATISTICAL ACCOUNT "the manse received considerable repairs and additions in 1837, two wings being added"; the tripartite windows were probably inserted at this time.
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