Description

Earlier to mid 19th century with later additions and alterations. Single storey with attic, 3-bay, former United Presbyterian gabled Tudor manse with lower, single storey, single bay wings recessed to outer left and right; single storey wing at rear, forming near T-plan. Coursed and stugged red sandstone; sandstone ashlar dressings (lightly droved in part); harl-pointed red sandstone rubble at rear. Raised base course; stugged quoins; stugged long and short surrounds to openings; sandstone mullions to bipartites; flush cills.

S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: slightly recessed, square-headed central entrance with timber panelled door, Tudor-arched fanlight; blind, round-arched arrowslit centred in small surmounting gablehead. Corniced eaves to canted windows at ground in flanking bays; blind, square-headed arrowslits centred in large sandstone gableheads breaking eaves above. Bipartite windows in single bay projections recessed to outer left and right.

N (REAR) ELEVATION: gabled projection at centre. Single storey with attic, and single storey ranges recessed to outer left and right.

Modern timber glazing throughout; rooflights. Grey slate roof; gablet-coped skews; scroll-bracketed skewputts. Sandstone apex stacks with brick-built triple flues; octagonal cans; plain apex stack to N; single circular can.

INTERIOR: not seen 1998.

BOUNDARY WALLS, PIERS AND GATEPIERS: heavily-pointed, coped rubble walls enclosing site. Corniced square-plan piers fronting street to outer left and right with chamfered angles; flat ashlar caps. Gatepiers (as piers) flanking central pedestrian entrance; modern iron gate.

Statement of Interest

Noted in the OS Name Book as "...a well built manse with garden attached, occupied by James Ker, minister." Originally associated with the nearby United Presbyterian Church (itself erected in 1838 and demolished in the later 20th century). No longer a manse, Lochiel was replaced in the later 19th century by the adjacent, much larger Erskine Manse, now Digby House.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77775125

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)