Description

1843 with later alterations and additions. 2-storey 3-bay T-plan manse with further single storey outbuilding to N. Stugged ashlar with droved ashlar dressings and polished ashlar doorpiece; squared and snecked sandstone with droved dressings. Strip pilasters and slightly advanced margins to S elevation.

S ELEVATION: panelled door to centre with border-glazed rectangular fanlight deep-set in pilastered and mutule-corniced doorpiece; window at 1st floor above. Window to each floor of flanking bays.

E ELEVATION: blinded window at 1st floor of bay to left of gabled elevation of house, window in bay to right. RETURN, E ELEVATION OF PROJECTION: asymmetrical. Window to each floor of bay to left (not aligned). Panelled door in bay to right with window at 1st floor above. Half-piended single storey addition slightly set back to outer right with door.

N ELEVATION: window to each floor of bay to left. Projection to centre and extending to right. Bay to outer right blank.

W ELEVATION: gabled side elevation of house with window to each floor of bay to left. Blinded window at 1st floor of bay to right. RETURN, W ELEVATION OF PROJECTION: window at 1st floor right of centre; small window at ground to outer right. Modern partly-glazed door with rectangular plate glass fanlight above in bay to left.

12-pane timber sash and case windows. Slate roof with line-rendered wallhead stacks to E and W elevations.

INTERIOR: shutters in place and working. Plaster cornice in place to principal rooms. Timber banister and handrail to staircase.

Statement of Interest

There was formerly a service road to N leading to the service projection to N. There was also formerly a wood stable and coach house to W, now no longer surviving. The manse served Langton Free Presbyterian Church (at the junction of Gavinton and Duns roads).

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17841023

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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