Description

1850. 2-storey, 3-bay Tudoresque gabled manse with gabled entrance porch to S. Rectangular-plan. Prominently sited. Stugged, squared and snecked sandstone; ashlar quoins, margins; base course. Tudor-arch windows; chamfered reveals; hoodmoulds.

S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: asymmetrical, slightly advanced gabled bay to right. Gabled entrance porch with bracketted skewputts set in re-entrant angle at centre; deeply chamfered door surround; shield label stops; lancet window lights porch on N return. Lancet at 1st floor above porch. At ground level to left of porch stone mullioned bipartite window, carved spandrels, horizontal glazing bars. Date-plaque at 1st floor inscribed 1850. Bipartite windows at ground and 1st floor in gable to outer right.

N ELEVATION: asymmetrical. Gabled bay to left; bipartite window at ground floor; 4-centred arched window at 1st floor. Small oculi at central juction with gabled bay; window to outer right at ground.

E ELEVATION: 3-bay. Bipartite windows at ground. Bipartite dormerhead at centre. Timber dormers; Y-tracery mullion.

W ELEVATION: 3-bay, 2 gables with single storey link-block at centre. S gable slightly more advanced than N.

12-pane sash and case windows; horizontal glazing in arched windows. Grey slate roof; ashlar coping to skews and skewputts.

Statement of Interest

This manse was built in 1850 for the ministers of the Free Church. It became the Church of Scotland manse in 1941 with the union of the Kirkliston churches. The former manse, 1 Manse Road, Kirkliston is listed separately.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17811464

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  For the Record
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)