Description

Earlier to mid 19th century with later additions and alterations. Single storey with attic, 2-bay, rectangular-plan fishing shiel with lower, single storey, 3-bay addition to N; lean-to garage addition to S. Principal block: squared and snecked tooled pink sandstone; tooled cream sandstone quoins and long and short surrounds to openings; overhanging timber bracketed eaves; timber shutters. Slatted timber wing to N; sandstone addition to S.

NE (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: principal block with boarded timber door to left; plate glass fanlight; single window to right; triangular attic window centred above. Timber range recessed to right with glazed timber door at centre; flanking windows. 2-leaf boarded timber garage door in lean-to addition recessed to outer left.

NW (SIDE) ELEVATION: principal gable end with single window at ground off-set to left of centre; attic light above; gabled addition projecting to outer right with large, square-headed opening centred in gable end.

SW (REAR) ELEVATION: not seen 1999.

SE (SIDE) ELEVATION: principal gable end with lean-to addition projecting at ground.

12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows to principal block. Grey slate roofs throughout. Brick-built apex stack to NW; circular can.

Statement of Interest

Prominently situated on the River Tweed (renowned for its salmon), just to the N of the Union Suspension Bridge - see separate list entry. A good, essentially intact example of a relatively rare building type - see separate list entries for 'Finchy Shiel' and 'Fishwick Mains, Fishing Shiel' to the NE and SW respectively.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77775046

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)