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Latitude: 54.7561 / 54°45'21"N
Longitude: -4.5169 / 4°31'1"W
OS Eastings: 238129
OS Northings: 543033
OS Grid: NX381430
Mapcode National: GBR HJ64.CQW
Mapcode Global: WH3VC.LQ88
Plus Code: 9C6QQF4M+C6
Entry Name: Coach House, Old Place Of Monreith
Listing Name: Old Place of Monreith, or Dowies, with Carriage House and Boundary Walls
Listing Date: 20 July 1972
Category: A
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 342528
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB10123
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Old Place Of Monreith, Coach House
ID on this website: 200342528
Location: Glasserton
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West
Parish: Glasserton
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
Tagged with: Carriage house
Early 17th century tower house of unusual plan. Main rectangular block with gables to E and W, projecting off-centre wing to S and central projecting circular stair turret to N. 3 storeys. The house has been much restored in 19th century and again in 1983, much of original window dressings etc were lost in 19th century restoration or badly osbcured
by recent harling. Partially rendered partially harled over rubble walling, most windows rendered margins. To projecting S wing, diminutive elliptical window, presumably a re-used fragment of earlier origin.
To rear stair tower, part of the original roll-moulded door jambs survive incorporated in the restored doorway, blind panel above badly harled over. All modern windows, sash and case with small-pane glazing. Modern door to S re-entrant agnle. Simple pedimented dormers, modern reconstructions, 2 to S, 1 to N; inscribed DT 1983, LKT (Landmark Trust), 1983.
End skews with skewputts, modern slate roofs. End stacks with thackstanes, tall sizeable stack rises from wallhead to N.
CARRIAGE HOUSE: rectangular-plan gabled rubble carriage house with brick dressings adjoined to rubble boundary walls; brick surround to single segmental arch in principal elevation, flanked by 8-pane window. Small 4-pane window to rear. Slate roof and sandstone ridge.
A Landmark Trust property. Converted/restored 1983, TP/368/83.
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