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Boathouse, Dundas Loch, Dundas Castle

A Category B Listed Building in Almond, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9691 / 55°58'8"N

Longitude: -3.4138 / 3°24'49"W

OS Eastings: 311853

OS Northings: 676021

OS Grid: NT118760

Mapcode National: GBR 20.WT63

Mapcode Global: WH6SH.J7LC

Plus Code: 9C7RXH9P+JF

Entry Name: Boathouse, Dundas Loch, Dundas Castle

Listing Name: Dundas Castle, Boat House

Listing Date: 26 March 1998

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 392366

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB45471

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Dundas Castle, Dundas Loch, Boathouse

ID on this website: 200392366

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Almond

Traditional County: West Lothian

Tagged with: Boathouse

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Description

Circa 1910. Single storey cottage over boat-port, creating symmetrical boat house with Swiss Cottage and Tudor influence. Harled walls with applied decorative half-timbering and timber detailing. Bracketted timber band course at principal floor.

SW (ENTRANCE) GABLE: symmetrical, 3 bays, lower boat-port on falling ground to rear; principal floor comprising door at centre framed by strip pilasters with bracketted timber canopy above; 8-pane timber fixed-lights in flanking bays, half-timbering to elevation and gablehead.

SE ELEVATION: blank lower stage; shouldered single flue stack corbelled out at centre and rising through chimneygable breaking eaves; 4-pane timber casement windows flanking, half-timbered elevation to left of centre, open timber-balustraded balcony to right.

NE GABLE: boat-port doors to lower storey, timber balustraded arcaded balcony to principal floor with half-timbered gable oversailing.

NW ELEVATION: door off-set to right of centre at laigh storey; 8-light mullioned and transomed timber oriel window centred at principal floor; casements and multi-pane glazing to lower and upper lights respectively, slender bracketted timber columns below, half-timbered gable breaking eaves above; half-timbered elevation to right of centre, open timber-balustraded balcony to left of centre.

Red tile roof with cast-iron rainwater goods; swept, overhanging timber eaves with exposed rafter ends, wide splayed timber barge boards to gables with truncated finials at apexes; harled and corniced stack piercing roof at S gable.

Statement of Interest

A Group with Dundas Castle, including Blue Acre, Brown Acre, Castleloch, Castle Grove, Dovecot, Dundas Castle Keep, Dundas Loch Bridge, Dundas Mains, Fountain Sundial, Ice House, Lilac Cottage, North Lodge, Rose Cottage, South Lodge and Walled Garden (see separate listings).

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