Description

Late 18th century. 2-storey, 3-bay farmhouse with 19th century alterations and additions forming U-plan. White painted harl with raised, painted margins.

S ELEVATION: entrance through later wing, architraved and corniced doorpiece, panelled door with fanlight. Bow-fronted window to left, small window to cellar stair to right below. Window at ground and 1st floor to right in S gable end of earlier farmhouse.

E ELEVATION: 2-storey, 3-bay front; 3 windows to each floor (centre ground originally a door), with slightly lower, 2-storey, 2-bay wing adjoining at right with 2 windows at ground, 1 window to right at 1st floor. Wings forming courtyard to rear.

Sash and case windows with 12-pane glazing pattern.

Grey slates, striaght skews, ashlar margined stacks.

Statement of Interest

Home of the Skirving family; the bard Adam Skirving (1719-1803) and his son Archibald, portrait painter,

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17795996

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Recommended Books

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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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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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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)