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Westerhall

A Category B Listed Building in Annandale East and Eskdale, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.1931 / 55°11'35"N

Longitude: -3.0706 / 3°4'14"W

OS Eastings: 331941

OS Northings: 589280

OS Grid: NY319892

Mapcode National: GBR 780D.07

Mapcode Global: WH6XB.SQZS

Plus Code: 9C7R5WVH+6Q

Entry Name: Westerhall

Listing Name: Westerhall House

Listing Date: 3 August 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 350764

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB16936

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200350764

Location: Westerkirk

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Annandale East and Eskdale

Parish: Westerkirk

Traditional County: Dumfriesshire

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Description

Much altered house and much restored. Work by Thomas

Telford 1783; reconstruction work following fire damage both

in 1873 and in 1955. Essentially 3 ranges in south-facing

U-plan; north-facing neo-classical entrance in bay linking

inner and E ranges. Mostly rubble-built with ashlar

dressings and margins. Main inner range: completely gutted

in 1955, and walls heightened/altered in reconstruction with

main roof swept over stump of former N wing. 2 storeys, 2

conical-roofed turrets in roughly Z-plan arrangement, that

on N wall perhaps originally a 17/18th century stair, that

to S, with garden entrance, circa 1955; S elevation with

3-window inner bow.

N ENTRANCE (?by Telford): possibly re-positioned in 19th

century; broad outer pilasters, cornice and blocking course,

wide panelled door with sidelights and thermal window above.

2-storey E wing comprises 2 unequal parallel blocks in double-pile arrangement; W wing single storey, curved low linking bay at NW. Mostly sash windows throughout with 12-pane glazing pattern. Corniced stacks; roofs covered mostly with graded slates. Unusual (?) 18th century ashlar-built well to NE, water spout set in S face, armorial panel above, water pours into trough below.

Statement of Interest

Listed for historic interest. The earliest known sizeable

job by Telford was at Westerhall.

Penfold notes a letter from Telford to Andrew Little, July

1783, "Mr Pulteney and I have made 100 alterations in

Westerhall".

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