Description

John Baxter of Portobello, circa 1826. Single storey with basement to rear, 3-bay classical house. Polished ashlar to ground; droved ashlar to basement to SW; rubble to NE; bull-faced rendered to rear and SE elevation. Band course between basement and ground; moulded string course at lintel height; cornice, blocking course; segmental-arched recesses to all openings.

SW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical; 5 ashlar steps with original cast-iron handrails to panelled door to centre; plate glass rectangular fanlight above; windows to flanking bays. Modern linking additon to right with double doors for garage.

NE (REAR) ELEVATION: asymmetrical; boarded door to immediate right of centre; later (shown on Sutter's map, 1856) single storey extension to outer left.

12-pane timber sash and case windows to principal elevation; modern windows to rear elevation. Slate piend and platformed roof; slate roof to extension to rear. Stugged ashlar wallhead stack with coping to NW; rendered and coped wallhead stack to SE; wallhead stack to rear,

INTERIOR: not seen, 1994.

BOUNDARY WALLS: droved ashlar with coping to front, broken to right; tall rubble garden walls to rear.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17812355

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)