Description

J McDerment, 1868-9. Single storey, 3-bay, rectangular-plan classical cottage with pedimented Corinthian-columned entrance porch. Squared, rock-faced sandstone to entrance elevation. Base course; wreathed frieze; dentils to blocking course; margins to window openings.

W (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: square-headed opening to entrance porch; glazed timber door; letterbox fanlight; flanking single windows.

S ELEVATION: gabled; lean-to conservatory to ground floor.

E ELEVATION: not seen 1999.

N ELEVATION: gabled; blank.

4-pane timber sash and case windows. Slate roof; rooflight; stone skews; dentilled, corniced gablehead stacks; polygonal cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen 1999.

GATES, GATEPIERS, RAILINGS, DRINKING FOUNTAIN AND BOUNDARY WALL: 2-leaf iron gate to left; square-plan gatepiers with ball finials; decorative iron railings atop boundary wall enclosing site; drinking fountain set in wall to right.

Statement of Interest

Important for its siting, next to the Burns Monument (see separate list description). Of particular note is the elaborate entrance porch and decorative iron railings. Lean-to greenhouse attached to outer right of main house.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17853810

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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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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)