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Ransfield Farm

A Category C Listed Building in Pentland Hills, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9171 / 55°55'1"N

Longitude: -3.3693 / 3°22'9"W

OS Eastings: 314517

OS Northings: 670185

OS Grid: NT145701

Mapcode National: GBR 40X0.CQ

Mapcode Global: WH6SQ.6JVQ

Plus Code: 9C7RWJ8J+V7

Entry Name: Ransfield Farm

Listing Name: Ransfield Road, Ransfield Farm and Gatepiers

Listing Date: 8 March 1994

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 364902

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB27637

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200364902

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Pentland Hills

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Earlier 19th century. 2-storey, 3-bay rectangular-plan farmhouse with service wing to rear. Squared, coursed whinstone with sandstone margins and quoins; raised cills. Base course and 1st floor cill course; eaves cornice; blocking course.

S (MAIN) ELEVATION: deep-set door at centre; flush 6-panelled door; plate glass fanlight; flanking windows; windows symmetrically disposed at 1st floor.

N (REAR) ELEVATION: rubble whinstone with some pinnings adjoined by rubble boundary wall with semi-circular coping to rear kitchen yard; small rectangular piended- roofed storage shed in right corner of yard; rubble with droved sandstone margins.

W ELEVATION: 3-bay; windows in outer left and right bays; window at ground right partly blocked; blind windows at centre (now obscured by ivy).

E ELEVATION: window off-centre at ground (later addition).

Replacement uPVC 2-pane hopper, sash and case effect windows. Piend and platformed grey slate roof; tall, coped end wallhead stacks; octagonal cans.

GATEPIERS: entrance piers to S leading directly to main entrance. Stugged, sandstone piers for central carriage gate with flanking side pedestrian gates. Former fountain at centre in front of house.

Statement of Interest

The house is shown on the 1st edition OS map.

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