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Horseupcleugh

A Category C Listed Building in Longformacus, Scottish Borders

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.8194 / 55°49'9"N

Longitude: -2.5343 / 2°32'3"W

OS Eastings: 366617

OS Northings: 658592

OS Grid: NT666585

Mapcode National: GBR B1R4.3Q

Mapcode Global: WH8WS.1ZGM

Plus Code: 9C7VRF98+Q7

Entry Name: Horseupcleugh

Listing Name: Horseupcleuch Farmhouse Including Boundary Walls

Listing Date: 19 August 1998

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 392578

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB45618

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200392578

Location: Longformacus

County: Scottish Borders

Electoral Ward: Mid Berwickshire

Parish: Longformacus

Traditional County: Berwickshire

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Description

Mid 19th century with later additions and alterations. Asymmetrical 2-storey, 3-bay plain gabled farmhouse with gabled porch to front; single storey and single storey with attic addition at rear forming near T-plan; single storey wing to rear; glazed modern addition recessed to outer left. Harl-pointed rubble sandstone; rubble sandstone dressings. Droved sandstone quoins; raised margins; projecting cills; moulded skewputts.

SE (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: projecting porch centred at ground with single window to front, timber panelled door on return to right; small single window off-set to left at 1st floor. Single window at ground in bay recessed to outer right; gabled window breaking eaves above. Gabled wing recessed to outer left with single windows at both floors; flat-roofed modern addition recessed to left.

NE (SIDE) ELEVATION: blind elevation to original block advanced to outer left. 2-bay wing recessed to right with single windows at both floors in bay to left; single window at ground in bay to right; gabled window breaking eaves above. Single window centred in single bay addition to outer right.

NW (REAR) ELEVATION: projecting wing advanced to outer left with single window centred in gablehead. Irregularly disposed openings in single storey wing recessed to outer right.

Predominantly 12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows; some modern replacements. Grey slate roof; raised stone skews; scroll-bracketed skewputts; cast iron rainwater goods. Corniced wallhead and apex stacks; various circular cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1997.

BOUNDARY WALLS: rubble-coped, dry rubble walls enclosing site.

Statement of Interest

A simple farmhouse in good quality construction built to replace an earlier farmhouse which is now listed with the nearby steading. A good example of a hill farm, the complex forms an interesting whole. Rutherfurd notes a Mr George Sheills as farmer of Horseupcluegh in 1866.

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