Description

Mid 19th century. Barge-boarded picturesque large
asymmetrical villa. Single storey with attics, 2nd storey
squeezed in at N below eaves and with turreted
rectangular bay a storey higher with grouped flues and
with finialed pavilion roof. Stugged red coursers with
polished dressings and chamfered margins. S (entrance)
elevation 3 bays with gabled shallow inner porch
(panelled door with fanlight and hood-mould), gable to
left with main roof carried over full-height projecting
bay (latter canted at ground); right bay with dormer.
Long W elevation has off-centre gable, projecting ground
floor bipartite to right and dormers. Sash windows mainly
with 4-pane glazing pattern. Projecting eaves;
elaborately carved barge boards; stacks with grouped flues;
fish-scale slated roofs. Interior: some alterations; now
divided into 2 flats, school at ground level, radio
studios above; staircase removed at ground; some cornice
plasterwork; panelled doors in architraves.

Statement of Interest

Previously listed at 1 Lovers' Walk. Garden steps to W of

house.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17793787

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6