Description

18th century. 2-storey shallow L-plan house spanning and terminating close. Lined render to front, architraved margins at ground to front.

E (ELEVATION): asymmetrical. Timber Doric columned portico with entablature, panelled entrance door off-set to right, small window at 1st floor centred above, window to left at ground. Wall extended above gate to extreme left abutting 190 High Street. Single bay return of L-plan to right; window at ground and 1st floors.

S ELEVATION: gable end abutting 190 High Street.

W ELEVATION: full-height bowed stairtower to right, bay to left with dormer above.

Timber sash and case windows. Grey slate pitched roofs, stone skews. Truncated gablehead stack to S.

INTERIOR: not seen 1997.

BOUNDARY WALLS: rubble stone boundary walls enclosing garden to rear (west).

Statement of Interest

This house bears the name Ouchterlony House but its connection with that family is not known. No 190, "The Retreat", was the town house of that family.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17780271

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
• 
  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)