Description

Early 19th century. 2-storey, 3-bay traditional house with later additions and alterations. Aberdeen bond granite rubble with long and short dressings finely finished to margins. Base course; projecting cills; long and short quoins; eaves cornice; eaves blocking course.

N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical; doorway corniced with consoles to centre of ground floor, reached by 3 stone steps, panelled pilastered door with infilled fanlight; windows flanking to left and right; regular fenestration to 1st floor; irregularly placed skylights to attic floor.

W ELEVATION: asymmetrical; single storey wing adjoining to ground floor, irregular modern fenestration, panelled timber door and window to left return, eaves blocking course; window to left of 1st floor, flanked to right by small window, round-arched opening centred in gablehead.

S ELEVATION: not seen 1999.

E ELEVATION: gabled; flat-roofed wing obscuring ground floor, small window to centre of 1st floor, round-arched window centred in gablehead of attic floor.

Predominantly 4-pane timber sash and case windows. Graded grey slate roof with lead ridge. Coped granite ashlar stacks with octagonal cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen 1999.

BOUNDARY WALLS: low coped granite wall to N of house; coped rubble walls to E and W.

Statement of Interest

Originally called Anne Place House, 55 Westburn Road is typical of the early 19th century houses on Westburn Road, which are of similar materials, but more often on a smaller scale, being predominantly single storey, or 2-storey semi-detached.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17777798

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Recommended Books

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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)