Description

Early Victorian. Large detached neo-Jacobean mansionhouse of
Burn and Bryce school, finely detailed. 2-storey coursed
rubble L-plan front to Kenilworth Road, gabled left-hand bay
with balustraded canted bay through both floors to left,
1-window bay with pedimented dormer head to right, centre
gabled entrance bay with architraved doorpiece, sculptural
relief and single window with strap work pediment above,
5-window front to Henderson Street, 3 alternately disposed
1-window gabled sections, left hand and middle sections with
counter changed segmentally pedimented and strap-worked
windows, right-hand section has canted bay through both
floors, pedimented dormer heads at 2 intermediate bays, that
on left bipartite; decorative scrolled crowsteps, slated
roof, triple-shafted chimneys with central shaft spiralled,
2-storey back wing reconstructed 1976. Ashlar gatepiers,
spear-headed railings survive.

Statement of Interest

Until recently part of Beacon School for Girls.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17835111

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Recommended Books

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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock