Description

1830. Single storey, octagonal-plan lodge. Sandstone rubble. Base course; timber bracketed eaves.

SW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: advanced central bargeboarded porch; recessed 2-leaf timber door.

SE, NE AND NW ELEVATIONS: blind.

Octagonal pyramidal slate roof with lead ridges; finials; rooflights.

INTERIOR: statues of Nanse Tunnock, Tam O'Shanter and Souter Johnnie by James Thom, carved from local stone. Plain cornice moulding to ceiling.

Statement of Interest

Important for its siting, adjacent to the Burns Monument (see separate list description). Modern toilets to rear. The sculptor James Thom was apprenticed to a builder in Kilmarnock and employed in ornamental carving as a boy. In 1827 he executed a statue of Burns and meeting wide praise, undertook more ambitious work. The statues in the Statue House were secured by the Burns Monument and then sent on tour to the USA. On showing in London in 1829, his work was hailed as "... inaugurating a new era in sculpture" (Gunnis).

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17853798

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)