Description

An earlier house, dating from circa 1700, was encased and
extended by Charles Kinnear of Peddie & Kinnear (Edinburgh)
for his brother, 1859; extensions of 1881; alterations and
interiors, Sir Robert Lorimer, 1921-23. Large Scots baronial
mansion, 2 and 3-storeys plus attics, asymmetrical front with
emphasised crowstepped entrance tower; freestone with fine
dressings, slate roofs, sash windows. Entrance tower with
steep gables, tall chimneys, pediment to attic window,
elaborate moulded corbelling with "crenellated" string course
rising over 2nd floor window, projected doorpiece with
heraldic device cut into lean-to roof. A slender and
featureless lift-tower added to right of entrance. Rest of
frontage to right and left with crowstepped gables, corner
bartizans with slender conical roofs and weathervanes,
advanced bay on right and corbelled oriel treatment on two
floors to left between gabled bays (half-round below,
corbelled square above, sinuous Dutch roof with
ball-finials). Single-storey and attic double gabled wing
(ground floor altered) adjoins on left.

Statement of Interest

Church of Scotland Old People's Home.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17797123

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)