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.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77773569

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Recommended Books

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey