Borrowmeadow, Stirling

2-storey symmetrical 5-bay laird's house, with 1-bay single storey extension to E and later single storey L-plan long pantiled steading attached to W (see Notes) which terminates with the probably later 2-storey granary and hayloft. White painted harl with black painted margins. 1st storey windows abut eaves band. Central entrance doorway. Crowstepped gables. Few irregular window openings to rear. 3 metal rooflights. Openings bricked up (2004). Gable stacks. Grey graded slate.

Borrowmeadow is a good example of an earlier 18th century laird's house with associated buildings. Laird's houses for middle ranking landowners became fashionable in the late 17th and early 18th century. They are characterised by their simple symmetrical facades and typical Scottish detailing, such as the crowstepped gables which are found at Borrowmeadow. They provided comfortable and well laid out accommodation.

Borrowmeadow has an unusually long L-plan pantiled steading which is physically attached to the house. A boundary wall divides the steading from the house. The first Edition Ordnance Survey Map of 1860-61 shows that a further range which is no longer extant ran at right angles to the granary forming a courtyard of farm buildings which despite their proximity to the main house were clearly distinguished from it with the use of the boundary wall. The house had a separate entrance from that of the courtyard. A horse mill which served the granary no longer survives. (Historic Environment Scotland List Entry)

October 2003: Highlighted by the local planners as a possible Builidng at Risk . No other details at present. February 2005: Conservation Plan prepared by MSc student ( Sonya Linskaill). Site visit by SL and SCHT. December 2005: Building is discussed as part of the site of Stirling Council's proposed Sports Village. December 2005: Scottish Historic Buildings Trust (SHBT) express an interest in the building. March 2006: Meeting with LPA, SCT, SCHT and SHBT to discuss the future of the building.

September 2009: External inspection reveals that the pantiled roof of the steading range has further deteriorated since the last visit by SCT. The condition of the buildings varies from fair to very poor.

19 September 2012: External inspection finds the main building has deteriorated since the previous site visit with the loss of a roof light and render. The adjacent single storey tiled section has deteriorated considerably. The holes in the roof which were evident in 2009 are larger and new holes have developed.

9 July 2015: External inspection finds the building remains in much the same condition as seen previously - subject to general slow decline.

26 March 2018: A member of the public advises roofs have collapsed at the complex.

1 August 2018: External inspection finds the house is now a roofless shell following a recent fire at the site. Local planners advise all internal timber including floors, the roof structure and safe lintols were all lost in the fire. Stirling Council is working to assess the condition of the remaining building fabric. The steading buildings remain in much the same condition as seen previously. A security fence is erected around the buildings and invasive vegetation is noted at the site. Condition moved to Ruinous and Risk to Highl.