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Clock Tower Court, Tyninghame House

A Category B Listed Building in Dunbar and East Linton, East Lothian

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.0102 / 56°0'36"N

Longitude: -2.6114 / 2°36'41"W

OS Eastings: 361974

OS Northings: 679870

OS Grid: NT619798

Mapcode National: GBR 2Z.T78J

Mapcode Global: WH8VY.V6N9

Plus Code: 9C8V296Q+3C

Entry Name: Clock Tower Court, Tyninghame House

Listing Name: Tyninghame House, Clock Tower Court

Listing Date: 5 February 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 347974

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB14587

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Tyninghame House, Clock Tower Court

ID on this website: 200347974

Location: Whitekirk and Tyninghame

County: East Lothian

Electoral Ward: Dunbar and East Linton

Parish: Whitekirk And Tyninghame

Traditional County: East Lothian

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Description

Circa 1830 alterations and additions, William Burn, of
earlier service court, to form enclosed courtyard entered
by gateway at NE. Random rubble with ashlar dressings.
S RANGE: 3 adjoining symmetrical gabled blocks of 2-storey
with 1st floor windows breaking eaves and with taller block
at centre. Crowstepped gable dormerheads and skews. 2 doors
inserted.
N ELEVATION: gabled full-height projection at centre of outer
right block. Centre block blank. Central ground floor window
to outer left block, flanked to left by segmentally arched
recess. 3 1st floor dormer windows.
W GABLE: square tower corbelled above skewputt level with
blank circular panel in square surround, Roman numerals clock
above. Circular window to N side, echoed in single storey
gabled block adjoining at right angles at SW. Swept pyramidal
roof with swept gabled ventilators. Attenuated finial.
Single storey lean-to outbuildings to W range with some
doorways altered to windows. Coal sheds with lean-to roof to
N range.
WATER TOWER: 18th century square plan pyramidally roofed
tower adjoining N range of outbuildings by entrance gates.
Doorway and opening at ground. Small 8-pane window above.
Finial.
Small-pane glazing pattern to sash and case windows. Grey
slates. Gable end stacks.

Statement of Interest

See Tyninghame House. Formerly served as kitchen court,

currently residential (1987).

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