Description

A M Goudie, circa 1955. Single storey with attic, 3-bay L-plan gabled house on sloping site. Harl; red brick dressings; timber porch. Brick base course; brick decorative detail to gablehead apex. Later single-storey extension to reat (E).

W (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: single window at ground in gabled central bay; triangular stairwindow at 1st floor. Recessed timber door and window to porch to outer left; single window to outer right. 2 catslide dormers at attic to steeply pitched overhanging roof.

N (SIDE) ELEVATION: single windows to centre of gabled bay at ground and attic; timber door to flat-roofed section to outer left.

S (SIDE) ELEVATION: single window to centre of gabled bay at 1st floor (window at ground infilled); 3-light window to flat-roofed section to outer right.

Multi-pane metal glazing. Red tile roof; brick coped ridge stacks; circular cans.

INTERIOR: (seen 2012). Original room layout largely extant. Single panel timber doors. Dog-leg timber stair with solid banister with timber handrail.

BOUNDARY WALLS AND GATEPIERS: coped painted boundary walls; square-plan gatepiers with pyramidal caps to pedestrian and vehicular entrance. Garage to N of house.

Statement of Interest

Darrochmhor is a good example of an unusual, 1950s domestic property, with some distinctive architectural and decorative period details. These include the steeply pitched roofs, catslide dormers, metal windows and dropped brick design to the gableheads. The house sits on a sloping corner site and is a significant addition to this residential area of Stranraer. The style is a unique development from the inter-war domestic house styles with the use of a brick and timber detailing.

An architects' drawing in the house notes that it was designed originally by J Harkness.

Alexander Maclean Goudie (circa 1900-circa 1965) practiced predominantly in Stranraer.

List description updated, 2012.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77771358

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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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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair