Description

Earlier 19th century with later alterations and additions. 2-storey, 3-bay symmetrical L-plan plain classical house with additions to sides and rear. Droved grey sandstone ashlar with polished dressings. Base course; cill course to 1st floor windows; eaves course, cornice and blocking course. Droved long and short surrounds to openings; raised cills; half-height strip quoins. Remains of brick lined rubble walled garden with rubble lean-to potting sheds with grey slate roofs to W.

SW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: pilastered and corniced doorpiece at ground in bay to centre; replacement, part-glazed 2-leaf doors with rectangular 4-pane fanlight; replacement small-pane vestibule door behind; window at 1st floor above. Window at each floor in flanking bays.

SE (SIDE) ELEVATION: 6-bay, long arm of L, grouped 2-4, with various single storey, conservatory additions at ground. Slightly advanced 2-bay block to outer left: piended square-plan conservatory between bays at ground; window in each bay at 1st floor above; wallhead stack set between. 4-bay block to right: window at each floor in bay to left. Lean-to conservatory with 2-bay piended projecting sun-room spanning bays to centre and outer right at ground; window in each bay at 1st floor above.

NW (SIDE) ELEVATION: irregular 5-bay internal angle of L. Single bay block, with bipartite, set to right at ground. Canted single storey block clasping angle of main block; irregularly fenestrated rectangular-plan block set back, to internal angle of L. Segmental arch and rectangular opening to left with boarded doors; window in each bay at 1st floor above.

Predominantly 12- 8 and 4-pane timber sash and case windows; modern conservatory window. Grey slate piended roof; slate to additions; multi-flue ashlar coped stacks to SE and NW; cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen, 1997.

GATEPIERS AND BOUNDARY WALLS: replacement square-plan grey sandstone ashlar gatepiers with vertical blank panels and shallow pyramidal cap; replacement wrought-iron gates; coped grey ashlar quadrant walls to further square-plan sandstone ashlar piers with cornice and shallow pyramidal cap.

Statement of Interest

Viewpark probably dates from the 1830s. The scale of the offices behind the house is unusually large.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77772106

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