Description

David MacKenzie, 1829. 2-storey, 3-bay symmetrical, classically detailed house; lower 2-storey service wing to rear; coursed stugged ashlar and coursed rubble with ashlar dressings, dry dash to E elevation; slate platform roof; 12-pane sash and case glazing throughout.

S ELEVATION: giant angle pilasters, shallow advanced central bay with Doric portico, recessed door with transom-light; windows with raised margins, moulded band course and cornice at 1st floor level; main cornice with blocking course and anthemion at corners of central bay.

E AND W ELEVATION: 2-bay, pedimented detail below corniced central wallhead stacks; glazing altered on W elevation ground floor; blind at 1st floor (left) and both floors (left) at E elevation.

Symmetrical shouldered and corniced stacks at N elevation.

2-bay service wing with gable dormerheads; skew gable with corniced and chamfered stack.

INTERIOR: decorative cornices and plain painted timber chimneypieces (grates not original) in dining and drawingrooms, fine ceiling rose in drawingroom; well stair with alternate decorative and plain cast-iron balusters, and timber rail; original cast-iron basket firegrate in 1st floor service wing.

Statement of Interest

NE wing demolished, new manse and bungalows built in garden 1988.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17779439

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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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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  For the Record
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)