Description

Dated 1869. Ornamental Jacobean style gateway comprising tall rusticated gatepiers to central vehicle entrance connected to lower piers at each side by walls pierced by pedestrian gate openings. Polished sandstone ashlar. Base course; moulded cope to walls. Tall central gatepiers with heavy stylised rusticated, corniced caps and obelisk finials mounted on ball feet. Outer piers with banded and ball finials. Pedestrian entrance with lugged, roll-moulded architraves embracing central griffin head carved relief. Decorative cast-iron arch connecting central piers.

Statement of Interest

B-Group with Eildon View (Stichill Lodge). The gateway with lodge set behind is a striking and important feature in the village. Stichill House was designed by Brown & Wardrop (Thomas Brown II and James Maitland Wardrop) for George Baird of Gartsherrie and built in 1866. The gateway was constructed a few years after the house but was also commissioned by George Baird (see his monogram of left central pier and date on right pier) and may be also the work of Brown & Wardrop. The main gates were requisitioned during the Second World War and the only remains of the ironwork is the decorative arch which spans the gateway.

The family crest of the Bairds of Auchmeddan incorporated a griffin's head. In the 19th century the Bairds of Gartsherrie, the Lanarkshire coal and iron masters, purchased Auchmeddan and revived this crest hence its appearance here.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56621156

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair