Description

Later 19th century, with later alterations. 2-storey, 5-bay mansion house with single storey and attic ancillary structures and walled garden. Squared, coursed sandstone. Base course; central dividing band course; eaves course; broad eaves. Aprons to 1st floor windows.

S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: steps to entrance in penultimate bay to right; recessed channelled and architraved doorpiece; timber door; small-paned fanlight; single window aligned above at 1st floor. 2 small-paned arched windows at ground floor to left; 2 single windows aligned above at 1st floor. Tripartite windows at ground and 1st floor to outer right; bracketed cornice over ground floor window; bargeboarded low-pitched gablet over 1st floor window. Single windows to all faces at ground and 1st floor of bowed bay to outer left.

E ELEVATION: irregular fenestration; variety of later additions to outer right.

N ELEVATION: irregular fenestration; flat-roofed modern addition to left.

W ELEVATION: irregular fenestration and doorway to bays to right; large canted bay advanced to bay to left; window to 1st floor behind. Modern addition to outer left.

Predominantly 2-pane timber sash and case windows. Piended grey slate roof with lead ridges. Wallhead stacks and stacks breaking pitch with decorative Egyptian circular cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen 1999.

ANCILLARY STRUCTURES, WALLED GARDEN AND GREENHOUSES: single storey and attic ancillary structures to NE of main house. MEASURE SIZE DOWNSTAIRS!!!!!!!!!walled garden to rear of property; lean-to greenhouses to N (Victoria Park).

GATEPIERS, GATES AND BOUNDARY WALL: paired gatepiers to entrance to right; detailed timber gate; iron gate to walled garden; coped boundary wall enclosing site.

Statement of Interest

Good example of later 19th century architecture, with various distinctive detailing including its bowed S elevation bay, large arched windows, corbelled cornice and timber bargeboarding. Also of note is the retention of the greenhouses within the large walled garden to the rear of the property.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56626375

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Recommended Books

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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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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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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)