Description

1832 with later addition to NW and garage to SW. 2-storey, symmetrical, 3-bay manse of rectangular plan. Stugged ashlar sandstone to principal elevation and squared sandstone rubble to remainder. Raised, droved margins to windows and polished ashlar door surround. Base course; band course between ground and 1st floor; eaves course; strip quoins to central bay; raised and channelled quoins.

SE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: raised corniced and consoled doorpiece in slightly advanced central bay; timber panelled door with 2-light fanlight above; single window at 1st floor above. Window at each floor in bays to left and right.

NW (REAR) ELEVATION: irregular 5-bay. Lean-to 3-bay addition at ground to right; modern door with fanlight above in left return. Stair window at 1st floor above in bay to centre. Window at 1st floor in bay to outer right. Window at ground in bay to left of centre; non-aligned window at 1st floor above. Window at ground in bay to outer left; non-aligned window at 1st floor above.

SW (SIDE) ELEVATION: mono-pitch boarded garage with 2-leaf, part-glazed boarded doors at ground; gablehead stack above.

NE ELEVATION: blank wall with ashlar coped gablehead stack.

12-pane timber sash and case windows to principal elevation; some modern glazing to rear; grey slate roof; ashlar coped gablehead stacks; ashlar skews; cast-iron rainwater goods.

Statement of Interest

On the 1st edition OS map, the Manse is affiliated to the neighbouring Chapel of Ease. McWilliam identifies this as the Parish Church, dated 1826, and states that it became the church hall in 1935 (subsequently demolished). The New Statistical Account records the construction of the Manse in 1832 at the expense of the congregation, who also paid for the church and the school-house.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17828138

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)