Description

18th century; restored 1977. 2-storey, 3-bay house at end of irregular terrace converted to museum. Harled with stone margins and quoins strips.

NE (MCDOUALL STUART PLACE) ELEVATION: 3 windows close to ground, 3 taller windows at 1st floor; wallhead stack to centre; bay to right angled around corner to adjoin Nos 1 and 3.

SW (REAR) ELEVATION: 2-bay elevation with bipartite window to left of centre at ground; 1st floor with stair to door at right and window to left.

SE (RECTORY LANE) ELEVATION: window to right at ground, taller window to centre at 1st floor and further small window to right in gablehead.

12-pane glazing pattern in timber sash and case windows. Grey slates. Coped ashlar stacks; ashlar-coped skews.

BOUNDARY WALLS: coped rubble boundary walls.

Statement of Interest

Together with the adjoining Nos 1 and 3 (listed separately) the McDouall Stuart Museum was the home of John McDouall Stuart, born 1815, Australian explorer after whom the Stuart Highway (from Alice Springs to Darwin) is named. Restored under the National Trust for Scotland Little Houses Scheme.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17807980

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Recommended Books

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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)