Description

William Robertson, 1825-6. 2-storey S facing house over
raised basement, 3 bays. Rubble frontage; modern harling
at raised basement level and to gables and rear; tooled and
polished ashlar dressings.
Centre door set in shallow round-headed recess; fanlight
with decorative glazing; slightly later pedimented porch
fronts doorway approached by flight of steps oversailing
raised basement. Outer ground floor windows with panelled
aprons also set in shallow round-headed recesses. 2 ground
floor windows in W gable; regular rear fenestration, now
partially masked by later single storey over raised
basement wing. Mainly 12-pane glazing. 2 modern rear dormers;
coped end wallhead stack; piended platform slate roof.
INTERIOR: curved staircase with slender wooden balusters.
Panelled doors and window shutters; moulded doorpieces
with simple key pattern decoration. Grey marble chimneypiece
in drawing-room with later 19th century ornate cast-iron
grate. Cast-iron grates of circa 1825 survive eleswhere
in house.
STEADING: 1815. U-plan range of single storey and single storey
and loft, built around rectangular court closed at S with coped
rubble wall with later ball-finialled gatepiers and
re-used wrought-iron pedestrian gate. Rubble, tooled rubble
dressings. Centre block of steading with segmental-headed
arch leading to rear lane. Slate roofs; stone ridges.
WALLED GARDEN: 1815. Substantial square rubbled walled
garden to W of steading and house.

Statement of Interest

Manse, steading and garden built in 1815. Manse destroyed

by fire and re-built, 1825. The 'offices' (1815) originally

planned to be sited at rear of house, but the present

position at NW specifically requested by Minister.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17828186

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas