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Lydd Cottage (South Lodge), Blackadder Drive, Allanton

A Category B Listed Building in Edrom, Scottish Borders

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.7814 / 55°46'53"N

Longitude: -2.216 / 2°12'57"W

OS Eastings: 386550

OS Northings: 654251

OS Grid: NT865542

Mapcode National: GBR D1ZL.1C

Mapcode Global: WH9Y7.XYY9

Plus Code: 9C7VQQJM+HJ

Entry Name: Lydd Cottage (South Lodge), Blackadder Drive, Allanton

Listing Name: Allanton, South Lodge, Lydd Cottage, East Entrance to Former Blackadder Estate with Quadrants, Gatepiers, Gate and Railings

Listing Date: 26 March 1997

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 391002

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB44465

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Allanton, Blackadder Drive, Lydd Cottage

ID on this website: 200391002

Location: Edrom

County: Scottish Borders

Electoral Ward: East Berwickshire

Parish: Edrom

Traditional County: Berwickshire

Tagged with: Cottage

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Description

Mid 19th century with later additions and alterations. Single storey

3 bay classical lodge house, as part of pair. Finely droved ashlar with some render repairs, polished dressings. Base course; cornice and blocking course.

N ELEVATION: canted 3-light bay to centre with window to each flanking bay (formerly door in bay to left, now partly blinded).

E ELEVATION: including side elevation of main building with blinded window. Later glazed lean-to with partly glazed door. Piended later addition outer right with rendered wall and window under eaves.

S (REAR) ELEVATION: later piended and rendered addition to outer right with timber mullioned bipartite window. Modern platformed addition in SW re-entrant angle with 2 windows.

12-pane timber sash and case windows; modern glazing to modern platformed addition to rear. Brick stack to centre, rear of main building; rendered brick stack to rear of projection to W.

INTERIOR: not seen, 1996.

QUADRANTS, GATEPIERS, GATE AND RAILINGS: ashlar quadrants with base course and coping. Cast-iron railings with fleur-de-lys-headed shafts. Square-plan rendered gatepiers with pyramidal coping, forming pedestrian entrance with fine cast-iron gate.

Statement of Interest

This building is mirrored by the lodge to N. They were the lodges for the Blackadder estate.

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