Description

Later 19th century. 2-storey, 6-bay double symmetrical villa on corner site (additional single bay extension to left). Polished ashlar; channelled at ground floor. Base course; dividing storey band course; eaves course; timber mutuled cornice. Aprons to architraved 1st floor windows.

W (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: steps to central entrances; columned (fluted), corniced and block-pedimented porches; timber doors; letterbox fanlights; single windows aligned above at 1st floor. Regular fenestration to remaining bays at both floors. Single windows at both floors to lower height section to outer left.

S (SIDE) ELEVATION: 4-bay (additional single storey extension to right). Regular fenestration at both floors (2 bays to left blind). Advanced single storey piend-roofed section to outer right forms start of screen wall.

E AND N ELEVATIONS: not seen 1999.

4-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roof; corniced wallhead and ridge stacks; circular and polygonal cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIORS: not seen 1999.

GATEPIERS AND BOUNDARY WALL: square-plan gatepiers to vehicular entrances; coped rubble boundary wall enclosing site.

Statement of Interest

A good pair of later 19th century classical villas, distinguished from the classical work in the adjacent Barns Terrace and opposite Alloway Place by its strong mutuled cornice (see separate list descriptions). Large modern extension to N elevation.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17837313

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings