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West Lodge, Amisfield Park

A Category B Listed Building in Haddington, East Lothian

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9555 / 55°57'19"N

Longitude: -2.7651 / 2°45'54"W

OS Eastings: 352322

OS Northings: 673877

OS Grid: NT523738

Mapcode National: GBR 2S.XW58

Mapcode Global: WH7TY.HKHR

Plus Code: 9C7VX64M+6W

Entry Name: West Lodge, Amisfield Park

Listing Name: Amisfield Park, West Gates with Amisfield Cottage and West Lodge

Listing Date: 5 February 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 343308

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB10818

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Amisfield Park, West Lodge

ID on this website: 200343308

Location: Haddington

County: East Lothian

Electoral Ward: Haddington and Lammermuir

Parish: Haddington

Traditional County: East Lothian

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Description

Earlier 18th century. Originally symmetrical group comprising gateway, screen walls and 2 gate lodges at main entrance to former Amisfield House (demolished).

WEST GATES: gatepiers in carved ashlar sandstone, tall and fluted with pulvinated bands, moulded copes and swagged urn finials. Curved quadrant screen walls, harled on outside with ashlar cope, to cushion-banded outer piers, straight links to lodges, single doorways.

WEST LODGE (N): 2-bay, 2-storey, upper storey foreshortened, harled and painted with raised margins, altered. To W elevation, 2 ground floor windows, enlarged to bipartite, 2 small windows to 1st. To S elevation, single windows to ground, modern bipartite window breaking eaves at 1st. Rear (E) irregular with large extension, lean-to extension to N.

AMISFIELD COTTAGE (S): 2-bay, 2-storey, upper storey foreshortened, harled and painted with raised margins. To W elevation, 2 windows symmetrically to each floor. 2 windows to S elevation, door and 3 to ground on E elevation and 2 windows to 1st. Flat-roofed extension behind screen wall to N.

Fenestration in timber sash and case, originally without horns, mostly 12-pane. Piended roofs in graded grey slate, each lodge with central stack, ashlar margins and moulded cope, 4 plain cans.

Statement of Interest

See notes for separate listing of Amisfield Park Stables.

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