Description

Mid 19th century. Symmetrical single storey, 3-bay plain classical house with flanking single storey, single bay piended pavilions; flat roofed single bay addition to outer right. Squared and snecked tooled rubble sandstone; painted dressings. Raised base course; lintel course beneath corniced eaves; painted blocking course. Narrow strip quoins; painted margins; projecting cills; pilastered entrance.

NE (SOUTH BEACH) ELEVATION: replacement timber door centred at ground; surrounding doorpiece comprising flanking pilasters, plain frieze, cornice, block pediment. Single windows in remaining bays to left and right; timber door in additional bay to outer right.

SW (ESPLANADE) ELEVATION: glazed addition to outer right; regularly fenestrated in remaining bays to left.

12-pane timber sash and case glazing to South Beach; modern glazing at rear. Graded grey slate roof to central block; raised stone skews; grey slate piended roofs to side pavilions. Replacement rainwater goods. Coped apex stacks to NW and SE; octagonal cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1997.

BOUNDARY WALLS AND PIERS: low coped rubble wall to South Beach; painted square-plan piers; pyramidal caps. Taller, random rubble wall enclosing site at rear.

Statement of Interest

A modest classical house which has retained its overall symmetry, 12-pane glazing to South Beach and a pilastered entrance. The 1857 Ordnance Survey map marks it as 'Willowbank'.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17844671

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Recommended Books

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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)