Description

Circa 1825. Single storey, 3 bay symmetrical classical former gatelodge with single storey wing adjoining to S. Cream sandstone coursed rubble with droved dressings. Base course; advanced cills; stone canopies over windows and doorway; cornice; overhanging eaves.

E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: doorway to advanced central bay; 2 leaf panelled door; small, plate glass fanlight; pediment breaking eaves above; bipartite windows in bays to outer right and left. Bipartite window to outer right of single storey wing to S; blocked doorway to outer left; lean-to with boarded door adjoining to S.

N (BLACKET PLACE) ENTRANCE: single bay; 3 light, full height, canted window.

Diamond pattern, leaded, mullioned and transomed windows. Red tiled piended roofs; tall, rendered octagonal stacks to S; octagonal moulded cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

GATEPIERS: James Gillespie Graham, 1825. Pair of corniced Tudor Gothic gatepiers with blind traceried panels. Cream sandstone ashlar.

Statement of Interest

It was a condition of George Steuart's original feu contract of 1807 that all porters' lodges shoud be single storey. Porters' lodges were stipulated by the owners of the land in 1825, Benjamin and George Bell, as necessary for the maintenance of the privacy, convenience and security of their prospective residents. Similar gatepiers and lodges can be found at 74 and 122 Dalkeith Road: originally there were also gates to the Blacket estate which were locked every night.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17803804

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)