Description

Built circa 1880. Shows influence of Alexander Thomson.
Large 2-storey villa at street corner site and with 2
front elevations, arched open porch (deriving from
Thomson's "the Knowe") in re-entrant angle closest to
main driveway entrance at street corner. Asymmetrical,
shallow out-set near eaves set above capitals of
pilasters which are recessed in window jambs. Stone-
cleaned stugged and snecked ashlar, polished dressings,
some sculptured/incised ornament. 2-bay elevation to St
Andrew's Drive with canted ground floor window left,
similar window faces Maxwell Drive, also tall stair
window (leaded glass panels). Deep bracketted eaves;
deep-eaved wide dormer to each front, eaves cut back to
St Andrew's Drive elevation, original fret-worked
brackets to Maxwell Road. Plate glass sashes; stacks;
slated platform roofs. Outbuildings to W, iron-railed
courtyard wall. Boundary wall stepped to street, unusual
main gateway, wide piers are elaborate, distinctive and
sculptured.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17813663

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)