Description

Thomas Rickman of Birmingham, architect, 1825 incorporating
18th century house: additions by Peddie and Kinnear 1869
(dated on rainwater heads). 2-storey mansion house, Tudor
Gothic, basement to north, single storey service range to
northwest and inner courtyard open at west. All red ashlar.
Some windows canted, mullioned, and/or transomed,
particularly on additions: 1825 windows mostly in shallow-
recessed panels. South elevation: 2-stage massive square
entrance tower with corbelled and crenellated parapet, hood-
moulded, pointed doorway with ornamented spandrels blind
panel above, cusped-headed sidelights in ogival margins; 3
tall lights above in round-arched margins, also with cusped
heads. 2 symmetrical bays with ground floor cross-windows
flank tower; advanced gable left, former conservatory beyond
has ashlar mullions and transomes, ball-finialed parapet
with cusped openings; roof now flat. Other elevations
asymmetrical, with advanced/recessed bays, some gabled: some
windows in projecting bays: segmental-headed west-facing
door below modern fire escape. Shaped skews. Stacks mostly
grouped octagonal flues: roofed with graded slates. Square
inner and outer gatepiers polished white granite with
projecting caps, quadrant walls bullfaced red ashlar with
crenellated coping.

Statement of Interest

Built for Wellwood Maxwell. Used until 1982 as a hospital.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17808688

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)