Description

Later 19th century. 3 pairs of single storey and attic 2-bay semi-detached cottages. Dressed rubble sandstone with cream ashlar dressings; stop-chamfered arrises; overhanging eaves with exposed rafters; front windows bipartite; single windows to gableheads. Doors to centre. Single storey pitched roofed links between cottages with back doors.

Rubble rear elevations with bipartite box-dormers.

L-plan E block with bipartite window to gable at ground and further 3-bay cottage attached to N (facing main road); gabled timber porch at centre with panelled door and flanking windows. Dry-dashed single storey addition to rear.

W block with single storey addition to gable.

12-lying-pane timber sash and case windows 4-pane upper sashes; variety of glazing to rear. Grey slates; coped ashlar stacks.

Statement of Interest

A good example of the Lothian estate housing. Compare with Nisbet village to the NE.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56617206

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings