Description

Circa 1845; extension by Robert Thomson (of Glasgow), dated 1895; flatted by Robert Bluck, 1962. 2-storey and basement, asymmetrical-plan mansion house. Coursed sandstone.

N (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: balustraded parapet to arched, keystoned entrance; canted decorative pilasters flanking; foliate eaves course; 2-leaf glazed timber door with open pediment; multi-paned fanlight; single window at 1st floor; oculus to re-entrant angle to right. Canted window with decorative apron panels to bay to outer right. Section to left of boundary wall and gatepiers comprises 3 single windows at ground (2 single windows to advanced section), 2 single windows at 1st floor. Canted gabled bay to left at ground; balustraded balcony over; tripartite corniced window at 1st floor; sunken oculus to gablehead, dated 1895; narrower gabled bay to inner left; single windows at basement ground and 1st floors.

S (REAR) ELEVATION: 8-bay, grouped 5-3. Gabled bay to outer left; advanced architraved window at ground floor; single window at 1st floor. Canted bay to inner left; glazed timber door and letterbox fanlight; flanking sidelights; narrow strip windows to canted bays at 1st floor; ogee-capped tower. Single windows at basement ground and 1st floor to gabletted bays to right; apron strip balconies to 1st floor windows. Narrow strip windows at ground and 1st floor to bay to right; 1st floor forms square tower. Single gabletted window to left of single storey section to right (small basement window); single window to centre; recessed chimney niche with seat to outer right.

W (SIDE) ELEVATION: 4-bay. Advanced gabled bay to left; canted window at ground; balustraded parapet above; tripartite corniced window at 1st floor; flanking spouts; sunken oculus to gablehead; flanking pinnacles. Single architraved and consoled window at ground floor ; balustraded parapet above; single gabletted window above at 1st floor. Canted window at ground to right; 3 gablets above at 1st floor; blind central gablet with square panel within; single windows to flanking gablets.

E ELEVATION: not seen 1999.

Variety of glazing patterns including plate glass, 4-, 5-, 12-, 15-, 16-pane sash and case windows. Slate roof with lead ridge; wallhead, gablehead and ridge stacks with circular cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen 1999.

GATEPIERS AND BOUNDARY WALL: 2 pairs of gatepiers and low coped boundary wall to Midton Road entrance; additional pair of rock-faced basegatepiers to inner site; boundary wall encloses site.

Statement of Interest

Originally a mansion with Jacobean details in the style of William Burn. Of particular interest is the manorial entrance added by Robert Thomson, the delicate window detailing and decorative gable pinnacles.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17837620

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (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]