Description

Style of James Maclaren circa 1860. Large ashlar faced neo-Jacobean villa.

L-plan south front curvilinear gable to right with crenellated 4-light canted bay ground floor, 2-light with stepped hoodmould above, elaborately shaped crosslet attic window; square crenellated porch with ogee-topped octagonal angle pier. Single-light shaped dormerhead window above; left hand shallow 3 light crenellated rectangular bay. 2-light window with stepped hoodmould in shaped dormerhead.

West frontage shaped gable to right. Canted oriel with elaborate strapwork and gargoyles over pair of conch-headed niches, 2-bays to left, left hand single-light windows. Right-hand mullioned and transomed stair window. Institutional rendered 20th century extension to rear.

Interior: high quality plasterwork in ceilings of principal rooms. . Slate roof, chamfered square shafted chimneys. Windows sash and case 2 and 4-pane glazing pattern. Low boundary walls to front, high walls to side and rear. Wrought-iron overthrow arch to Constitution Street

Statement of Interest

A young women's hostel circa 1950. Formerly Annan House when owned by Church of Scotland. Now Rose House (as in 2001). B Group with 2-4, 6-10 and 12-14 Constitution Terrace, see separate listings.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17806802

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey