Description

Earlier 19th century, possibly incorporating earlier fabric. 2-storey house in close, asymmetrical plan, harled.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: older 3-bay house to right, 2 windows to left at ground, modern door to right, window to left at 1st, flat-roofed section to left advanced, 5-flight stone steps with wrought-iron handrails leading to pilastered and corniced doorpiece, recessed door, rectangular fanlight, set obliquely in re-entrant angle, bowed projection to left, basement window, multi-pane, stained and etched glass window above in raised principal floor, window to left.

Timber sash and case windows; 4-pane, plate glass and border-glazed small-pane to bow. Brown machine tiles to pitched roof; brick gablehead stack to W, harled stack to centre of S elevation of section to W.

INTERIOR: not seen 1997. Good Regency detailing.

BOUNDARY WALLS: rubblestone boundary walls to rear extending W.

Statement of Interest

Part of the 48, 50 Close and 52 High Street B Group.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17780108

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Recommended Books

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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990