Description

Mid 18th century, 2-storey and attic house, wide 3 bays. Harl
pointed rubble, tooled ashlar dressings. Projecting square
porch, with piended slate roof, later round-headed entrance
and fanlight, masks centre door, with additional later window
at right. 2 small piended dormers. Single windows in ground
floor, east; each gable has narrow slit vent to light attic.
12-pane glazing; end stacks; slate roof. Single storey and
attic, 2-bay mid 19th century rear wing.
Set back and flanking each gable is short length of
crenellated walling, with re-used marriage stone dated 1628
inserted at west.
Interior: simple moulded doorpieces; original fielded
panelled doors in older part of house. 2 18th century carved
marble chimney pieces in east drawing room (formerly 2
rooms); 1, possibly by John Cheere (died 1787), from former
Cawdor property in Wales, the second said to have come from
a house in Westminster Abbey precincts, London, brought north
by an earlier Campbell of Cawdor. Elliptical stair with
cantilevered stone treads and simple balusters.

Statement of Interest

Said to be site of earlier dwelling or castle. 1628 marriage

stone is former chimney lintel with incised hearts and

initials of a Stuart who married a Campbell of Cawdor.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17825266

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)