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Latitude: 54.8238 / 54°49'25"N
Longitude: -4.2042 / 4°12'14"W
OS Eastings: 258491
OS Northings: 549888
OS Grid: NX584498
Mapcode National: GBR HHZY.YSS
Mapcode Global: WH4WG.D08T
Plus Code: 9C6QRQFW+G8
Entry Name: Toy Fort, Knockbrex
Listing Name: Knockbrex "Toy Fort", Gatepiers, Gates and Boundary Walls
Listing Date: 23 April 1990
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 334441
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB3398
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Knockbrex, Toy Fort
ID on this website: 200334441
Location: Borgue
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Dee and Glenkens
Parish: Borgue
Traditional County: Kirkcudbrightshire
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Circa 1900. Square-plan mock fort, single and 2-storey with
taller towers to angles. Stugged rubble with finely tooled
dressings and pronounced contrasting pointing. Most openings round-arched, small-pane glazed windows. Polygonal towers to
NE and SE angles, to NW round tower with candle-snuffer roof.
To SW angle square turret corbelled out at 1st floor. All
parapets castellated. W elevation single storey with 2 small
cart arches to ground and conservatory to left.
Pair of tall coped rubble gatepiers with ball finials, timber
gates. Curved boundary walls of rubble with decorative pebble
coping.
B group with Knockbrex House.
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