Description

1868. 2-storey, gabled asymmetrical N facing (to driveway)
lodge. Coursed tooled rubble, tooled ashlar dressings.
Advanced and gabled centre 2-storey gabled porch with moulded
basket arched recessed entrance, monogrammed plaque above and
slightly jettied 1st floor; canted window to left of porch;
bipartite and tripartites in ground and 1st floors, some with
stone canopies. Lattice-pane glazing to porch lights; 3- and
6-pane casements elsewhere. Tall coped octagonal ridge and
wallhead stacks in clusters of 3 and 2 respectively.
Decorative bargeboards; slate roofs.
GATEPIERS AND GATES: dated 1868; 4 square polished ashlar
gatepiers, flanking carriage and outer pedestrian entrances.
Each pier chamfered above square base; necked and corniced
caps supporting carved stone Earl's coronet as finial.
Ornate cast- and wrought-iron gates (Frs. Morton, Liverpool)
1 pair double and 2 singles (all similar size) with centre
cartwheel design within decorative frame with gilded
detailing.

Statement of Interest

Similar gates at Donibristle, Aberdour, Fife, also erected by

Earl of Moray.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17571481

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)