Description

Completed 1911. Large Scottish Baronial mansion incorporating

mid(?) 19th century 2-storey 3-bay house. 2/3 storeys with

basements and attics, square tower rises 2 stages above main

roofline. Asymmetrical, with strings, corbelled and

crenellated parapets, bartizans with spouts (square tower

also with cap house), crow-stepped gables, single, bipartite

or canted windows, coped or castellated stacks. Snecked red

ashlar with polished dressings. South elevation: castellated

massive porch with columned doorpiece added centrally to

original house, flanking ground floor windows canted; smaller full-height wing recessed at right; tall "L-plan towerhouse"

to left is advanced with 2-storey canted window and large

corbelled bartizan, modern fire escape at north gable. North

wing extends from rear of original house and has canted

entrance bay to west with steep-pitched facetted roof. Slate

roofs throughout.

Statement of Interest

Some inscribed stones built into walls commemorate

association with Norwegian servicemen who were billeted

here 1940-5

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56618010

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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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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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living