Description

James Barbour; dated 1886. Built for charitable trust. 3

detached 2-storey villa-style blocks, Northern European

Gothic detailing with timber-framed gable heads and built

around large open green, latter bounded at W by low wall.

All built of stugged red ashlar with polished dressings;

mullioned windows, mostly with depressed ogee hood-moulds,

some canted windows; gabled shallow porches; main gabled bays cavetto-corbelled above ground floor and have Aesthetic

movement terracotta panels central. Inner (E) block with main

central gable, recessed 3-bay ranges either side have

central porches and outer wall-head gables; L-plan N and S

detached blocks with similarly treated 3-bay range adjoining

E end of each main gable, return (W) elevations each with 3

wall-head gables. Plain barge boards; fluted stacks; roofs

all covered with graded slates.

Statement of Interest

Built as housing for trust established by David Johnstone,

writer, Drumfries.

B Group.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (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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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)