Description

Francis and William Mackison, circa 1860. Large asymmetrical
2-storey Italianate villa. Entrance front L-plan with
4-storey tower in re-entrant angle, single window to left
with dormer head, 1 window gable front on right, tower has
round-arched doorpiece with nook-shafts framed in elaborate
consoles with balustraded balcony above. Single arched and
keyblocked windows 1st stage, paired at 2nd stage, triplets
in square recesses, top stage: elaborate bargeboarded gables,
low pitched slated roofs. West front asymmetrical with ground
floor canted bay in gabled section on right central
round-arched oriel with spired roof, 2-window section on
left. Modern timber and smoked glass lean-to extension on
East front, lower 2-storey wing to right partly gable fronted
with arched porch. North front asymmetrical with large canted
bay corbelled to square and gabled on West.

Statement of Interest

Part of Kings Park Conservation Area group. The area is

an outstanding early to late Victorian villa development with

remarkably few later additions.

FWM on Tower roan pipe dated 1882.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17844511

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Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)