Description

18th and earlier-mid 19th century. 2-storey, 3-bay asymmetrical terraced house of L-plan with apsidal stair tower to rear in re-entrant angle. Roughcast walls with painted ashlar dressings.

NE (KIRK STREET) ELEVATION: base course, pilastered and corniced painted ashlar doorpiece at centre, smaller windows at lower ground and 1st floor levels in bay to outer right.

SW (REAR) ELEVATION: round stair tower at centre abutted to left by advanced 2-storey section with lower eaves, further lean-to addition at ground; rectangular window at 1st bay, 1st floor, stair window in tower.

Timber sash and case windows, 12-pane at centre and left bay of Kirk Street elevation with 4-pane at bay to right. 12-pane at right bay of rear elevation (casement at ground floor) with 6-pane at stair and 6-pane casement in bay to left. 6-panel timber door with 3-pane fanlight above, 2-panel inner door with 2 round-arched glazed upper and 2-pane fanlight above. Grey slate roof, timber piend-roofed slate-hung dormer with 12-pane timber sash and case window, breaking eaves at right bay of Kirk Street elevation. Cat-slide roof to stair tower with lead gutter. Cast-iron gutters elsewhere, profiled at rear and cast-iron downpipes. Rendered and coped 4-flue stack centring ridge with circular cans.

INTERIOR: former kitchen to right of entrance, accessed by vertically-boarded timber door in vestibule. Round-arched niche in hall, timber spiral stair in tower at rear, egg-finialled newel at centre with adjacent balustrade with cast-iron balusters. Timber upper stair to attic, 4-panel doors. 6-panel timber doors and panelled timber shutters at ground and 1st floors. Coved ceiling to former drawing room at 1st floor.

Statement of Interest

This is an interesting early 19th century conversion of an earlier building, evident from the lower window heights at the north end.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17774130

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Recommended Books

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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)