Description

Salmon, Son and Ritchie, 1867, as lodge to Deaf and Dumb Institution (now a college); large block, symmetrical front with French Gothic getailing, variety of wall panes stepped forward and built upwards towards centre with complex roof forms, though 2-storey wings have shallow advanced pavilions each with 1st floor oriel and iron-crested French roofs; 3-storey centre block has windows mostly 2-light, central entrance bay with columned doorpiece, tripartites above and steep iron-crested French roof with inset dormer; shafted mullions; arched ground floor windows, stilted heads above where mullioned; polychrome, yellow ashlar with red bands and details; horizontal bands; original glazing; slate roofs.

Detailing continued along flanks and smaller rear wings.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17815583

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (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)