Description

Fryers & Penman, circa 1903. 2-storey Edwardian villa in Scottish revival style incorporating Scots Baronial and 17th century Renaissance details. Bull-faced red sandstone with ashlar dressings. Cill courses; string course; ashlar mullioned windows with stop chamfered arrises; cartouche decoration to 1st floor window aprons on N elevation; crowstepped dormerheads to windows breaking eaves.

N ELEVATION: recessed bay to centre with doorway off-centre left, 2-leaf modern glazed doors, screened by full-width loggia/porch with tripartite, basket-arched arcade, rope-moulded surround to arches; entrance to centre bay, ashlar balustrade on stone base between arches of flanking bays, balustraded parapet with raised panel to centre with lion rampant. Dormerheaded window off-centre at 1st floor. Full-height semi-octagonal bay canted out from right angle, regular fenestration, balustraded parapet with urn-like finials to dies. Bay to left with full-height, canted wi ndows of 1-2-1 lights.

E ELEVATION: enclosed forestair to residence at 1st floor.

W ELEVATION: V-plan window projecting to centre, crenellated parapet. Dormerheaded bipartite window above. Full-height, canted windows to right.

Timber sash and case windows, mostly single pane to lower sashes, 9-pane to upper with Art Nouveau stained glass panes. Grey/green slate roof, corniced sandstone stacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen.

GATEPIERS: red sandstone ashlar drum piers with pyramidal caps.

Statement of Interest

Subdivided into two residences. Notes as No 1 Whittingehame Gardens. No 5 is the same design as Nos 2, 4 and 9.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56633961

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Wiltshire (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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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)