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Latitude: 55.0665 / 55°3'59"N
Longitude: -3.6093 / 3°36'33"W
OS Eastings: 297324
OS Northings: 575858
OS Grid: NX973758
Mapcode National: GBR 397V.DL
Mapcode Global: WH5WJ.JXH9
Plus Code: 9C7R398R+J7
Entry Name: Villa, 24 Nith Place, Dumfries
Listing Name: 24 Nith Place
Listing Date: 11 July 1961
Category: A
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 362890
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB26305
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Hastie and Brodie
Dumfries, 24 Nith Place, Villa
ID on this website: 200362890
Location: Dumfries
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Town: Dumfries
Electoral Ward: Nith
Traditional County: Dumfriesshire
Tagged with: Villa
Probably 1730/1750. Baroque town house. 2 storeys with
basement, 5 bays, the inner 3 advanced and pedimented. All
painted; ashlar, with rusticated quoins, windows (now plate
glass sashes) in lugged and key-stoned architraves and with
bracketted cills; Corinthian-columned and pedimented
doorpiece with swags and mask, panelled door with decorative
fanlight. Basement opening on slope of ground at right.
Dentilled cornice; urn-finialled low parapet; oculus in
tympanum; paired end stacks (damaged, right). Slate roof.
Interior: front 1st floor rooms now united, but with extensive
original timber panelling and good plaster ceiling cornices;
original timber chimney piece in room nearest N; opposite
chimney piece 19th century; pilastered and arched hall screens
early 19th century; timber stair; panelled doors in
architraves.
Built for Archibald Malcom who was town clerk at the time of
Prince Charlie's visit. W Dickie ascribes this design to
William Adam (see his DUMFRIES n.d. (3rd ed), p. 98).
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