Description

1826-7. 2-storey, 3-bay, rectangular-plan symmetrical plain classical villa with single-storey wing to left. Polished sandstone ashlar, channelled at ground; rubble (coursed at 1st floor) to sides and rear. Base course; dividing band course; cill course; cornice; blocking course, advanced at centre. Windows to ground in arched recesses; architraved windows to 1st floor.

E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: pilastered entrance with 4-panelled timber door; round-arched plate glass fanlight; single window to 1st floor above and to both floors of flanking bays; 6-panelled timber door with geometric glazing pattern to fanlight in arched recess of wing.

2-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate piended roof; corniced wallhead stacks with moulded cans. Decorative cast-iron railings flank entrance.

INTERIOR: not seen 1997.

BOUNDARY WALLS: coped, coursed rubble boundary wall to street with replacement railings; coursed rubble mutual boundary walls, also coped.

Statement of Interest

Built for John Walker 1826-7.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17794319

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Recommended Books

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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)