Description

A single storey, five-bay cottage (formerly two dwellings) with an inscribed plaque set in the wall beside the front door. The cottage is part of a row built by William Robertson in 1824. It is constructed of squared and snecked rubble with tooled dressings, with a later harl render. The window to the second bay was a door prior to conversion to one dwelling in 1993. The windows are timber sash and case with a four-pane glazing pattern. There are two coped chimney stacks. The roofs are grey slate.

Statement of Interest

Lawtie's Mortification was established by John Lawtie, Burgess of Cullen, in 1650. In old Scots, a mortification is land, property or money bequeathed for charitable purposes, after death. Lawtie bequeathed his whole property 'house, garden and a croft of land' for 'the poor of Cullen'. This charity was augmented by William Lawtie in 1657. Cottages with garden plots were moved from the old town and re-established in South Deskford Street in 1824.

The plaque is inscribed: 'William Lawtie of Myrhouse mortified this house and the two rigs adjacent with some crofts called Ane free tack for the glory of God and the use of the poor Psal.XLI. Mrs Sara Lawtie Dingwall in Banff empowered Alexander Lobban, Mercht Cullen and James Lawtie, Towie, to excambe [exchange] the houses and land situated in the Old Town, which they did for the present houses and land as pledged.... March 1824.....' (The last lines are too worn to transcribe).

Statutory address and listed building record revised in 2019. Previously listed as '22, 24 South Deskford Street, Lawtie's Mortification'.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17829991

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)