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Sundial House, 43 Main Street, Swinton

A Category C Listed Building in Swinton, Scottish Borders

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.7205 / 55°43'13"N

Longitude: -2.263 / 2°15'46"W

OS Eastings: 383575

OS Northings: 647483

OS Grid: NT835474

Mapcode National: GBR D2M9.V6

Mapcode Global: WH9YM.6GMY

Plus Code: 9C7VPPCP+5Q

Entry Name: Sundial House, 43 Main Street, Swinton

Listing Name: 43 Main Street Including Sundial and Boundary Wall

Listing Date: 25 September 1998

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 392720

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB45746

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200392720

Location: Swinton

County: Scottish Borders

Electoral Ward: Mid Berwickshire

Parish: Swinton

Traditional County: Berwickshire

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Description

Dated 1826 with later additions and alterations. Asymmetrical 2 storey, 3-bay house forming part of terrace with single storey, lean to addition to outer right. Squared and snecked tooled pink sandstone rubble; droved sandstone dressings. Droved quoins; droved long and short surrounds to openings; projecting cills.

SE (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: modern timber door off-set to left of centre; lintel dated ?1826?; single window aligned at 1st floor; single (stair?) window in bay to outer left; projecting stone dated ?1826? off-set to left above. Bipartite window at ground in bay to outer right; single window aligned at 1st floor; square-plan sundial on sandstone support off-set to right with dials and metal gnomons in place. Boarded timber lean-to addition to right adjoining single storey wing behind.

NW (REAR) ELEVATION: not seen 1998.

Plate glass timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roof; raised stone skews; cast-iron rainwater goods. Brick apex stacks to NE and SW; circular cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1998.

BOUNDARY WALL: pointed rubble wall enclosing site to front.

Statement of Interest

B Group comprises Nos 9-30 The Green (inclusive Nos excluding 12, 16, 25 and 29), the former Free Church, Main Street (now a village hall) and Nos 29-33, 35, 39, 41, 43, 47, 36, 46 and 48 Main Street - see separate list entries. Forms part of a terrace lining Swinton?s main thoroughfare. The unusual arrangement of openings suggests part of this may have been a shop.

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