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Emily Bank, Engine Road, Gorebridge

A Category C Listed Building in Midlothian South, Midlothian

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.8475 / 55°50'50"N

Longitude: -3.0597 / 3°3'35"W

OS Eastings: 333744

OS Northings: 662094

OS Grid: NT337620

Mapcode National: GBR 702T.CP

Mapcode Global: WH6T7.Z942

Plus Code: 9C7RRWWR+X4

Entry Name: Emily Bank, Engine Road, Gorebridge

Listing Name: Gorebridge, Engine Road, Emily Bank, Including Gates, Gatepiers and Boundary Walls

Listing Date: 5 May 1999

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 393317

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB46132

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200393317

Location: Cockpen

County: Midlothian

Electoral Ward: Midlothian South

Parish: Cockpen

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Later 19th century. Single storey and attic, 4-bay, rectangular-plan pair of semi-detached houses. Coursed red brick with yellow brick long and short dressings. Projecting cills; segmental-arched window and door openings; corbelled eaves course; gabled dormers with timber bargeboards and finials; timber bargeboards.

W (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: symmetrical; panelled bays; timber doors in 2 central bays, reached by steps, with letterbox fanlights; windows to flanking bays to left and right. 3 dormers windows to attic storey.

S ELEVATION: not seen 1998.

E ELEVATION: symmetrical; M-gabled; windows in 2 centre bays; doors with 2-pane fanlights to bays to outer left and right.

N ELEVATION: asymmetrical; 3 bay; centre and right bays gabled. Regular fenestration to ground floor; window off-centre to left of gablehead.

Predominantly 6-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roof with lead ridge. Corbelled coping to brick gablehead stacks with circular cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen 1998.

GATES, GATEPIERS AND BOUNDARY WALLS: red and white gatepiers with stone pyramidal caps to W of house; boarded timber gates to W and E; brick walls with semicircular coping.

Statement of Interest

Emily Bank was a pair of overseers' houses when Emily and Gore Pits (1845) at Arniston Engine (now demolished) were operational.

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