Description

John Kinross, circa 1895. Single storey kennels comprised of taller gabled boiler-house and lower kennels range at right angles. Rake jointed sandstone with ashlar dressings; roll-moulded surrounds to openings, and roll-moulded eaves course.

BOILER-HOUSE: to NW of kennels range. Gable to SW with high window in high-relief, moulded surround with curved trapezoid panel above, scroll-leaf-flanked, depicting entwined oak branches and initials ?IPM? (James Percy Miller). NE gable with segmental-carriage-arch in moulded surround, 2-leaf timber doors, and small window in gablehead above. NW elevation with paired doors to centre and left with linking cornice. SE elevation abutted to right by kennels range, window to left.

KENNELS RANGE: 4 irregularly-spaced doors to SW elevation (grouped 2-1-1) with doors and low, stone enclosures to runs with battered aslar coping. NE elevation with 3 narrow windows in high-relief surrounds. SE gable with deep base course linking with enclosure walls and with small gablehead window with high-relief surround.

Small-pane glazing pattern in timber sash and case windows, 1 4-pane, kennel windows, plate glass sash and case. Grey slates. Crowstepped gables with beak skewputts. Ashlar ridge stach to gig house with battered ashlar coping. Ashlar ridges.

INTERIOR: not seen 1995.

Statement of Interest

The Gamekeeper?s Cottage lies close-by to W, across a lawn. The kennels for the Berwickshire Hunt lie to S at Brieryhill.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17849875

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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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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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)