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Braehead Cottage, Main Street, Leitholm

A Category C Listed Building in Eccles, Scottish Borders

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.6896 / 55°41'22"N

Longitude: -2.3387 / 2°20'19"W

OS Eastings: 378807

OS Northings: 644069

OS Grid: NT788440

Mapcode National: GBR D23N.H8

Mapcode Global: WH8XN.18M3

Plus Code: 9C7VMMQ6+VG

Entry Name: Braehead Cottage, Main Street, Leitholm

Listing Name: Leitholm, Main Street, Braehead Cottage Including Boundary Wall

Listing Date: 1 February 1999

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 392927

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB45890

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200392927

Location: Eccles

County: Scottish Borders

Electoral Ward: Mid Berwickshire

Parish: Eccles

Traditional County: Berwickshire

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Description

Late 18th to early 19th century; raised to 2-storey and made single property with later alterations. 2-storey, 4-bay cottage (originally 2 2-bay cottages) with single storey garage block adjoined to right. Whinstone and sandstone rubble at ground; predominantly sandstone rubble at 1st floor; tooled rubble sandstone dressings. Rubble quoins; predominantly droved long and short surrounds to openings; projecting cills.

SE (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: modern timber panelled door off-set to right of centre; single window aligned at 1st floor. Single windows at both floors in remaining bays to left and right. Garage block adjoined to right with 2-leaf boarded timber garage door off-set to right.

NW (REAR) ELEVATION: not seen 1998.

uPVC glazing throughout. Grey slate roof; stone coped skews; brick apex stacks. Corrugated-iron roof to garage.

INTERIOR: not seen 1998.

BOUNDARY WALL: low coped rubble wall enclosing site to front.

Statement of Interest

Despite the creation of a single cottage from what was originally two, this cottage remains one of the most prominent in Leitholm's Main Street, with a relatively old ground floor.

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