Description

Basil Champneys, 1896. 2-storey and attic asymmetrical villa with unusual stair turret at front. Squared, snecked red sandstone rubble; ashlar dressings. Harled 1st floor above string course. Raised cills. Variety of bipartite or paired single light windows.

S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: canted stair bay at centre with raised base course and cornice. 2 stages of 3-lights stepping down to right with blank panel between floors at centre. Canted gable head with coped crowsteps, bull finial and voussoired oculus. Flanked to right by stack. Door to left with fanlight and scrolled timber canopy.

2 flat-roofed bipartite dormers.

N ELEVATION: 4-bay. Full-height 3-stage, 5-sided angle turret at left, corbelled and slate hung above ground; ogee lead roof with ball finial. Single storey advanced bay to right.

W ELEVATION: penticed roof projection at centre with garage to right. Small-pane sash and case, and casement windows. Grey-green slate mansard roof; swept eaves. Coped stacks.

INTERIORS: good period details. Pine panelling. Timber stair balustrade and skirting to each tread. Lugged chimneypieces, one cast-iron ogee surround.

Statement of Interest

Free style with Dutch flavour. Oatfield Dirleton (later), listed separately, bears similar mansard roof.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17791166

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets