Description

1820, single-storey, square plan, harled rubble with exposed
dressings East front: plain plinth, chanelled quoins, cornice
and blocking course; centre part recessed with 3 bay.
Ionic colonnade forming porch with entrance behind, flanking
windows have moulded architraves and cornices. West front:
centre projecting semi-octagonal bay, chanelled quoins at
angles. Piended and platformed slated roof. Stable range
to north linked to house by dwarf wall with cast-iron
railings: single-storey and loft, originally 4 bay,
lengthened by one bay to north. West front: original
windows (blocked) have moulded surrounds. East front:
coach-houses to left, loft door in piended dormer at centre,
bracketted eaves. Piended slated roof with central
timber octagonal lantern with fish weathervane.

Statement of Interest

Built as a fishing lodge for John Ballantyne, Sir Walter

Scott's friend and publisher.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17568433

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)