Description

Probably John Thomas Rochead, later 19th century. Pair of gatepiers with square bases rising to corniced cylindrical shafts and tall, conical tops. Polished yellow sandstone.

Statement of Interest

An imposing pair of later-19th-century gatepiers which retain their relationship to the associated former lodge at 23 Havelock Street (listed separately), demarcating the southern boundary of what was one of Hawick's larger estates, and make a strong contribution to the streetscape. Their steep conical tops echo the Baronial style of the lodge, and especially the roof of its stair tower.

The lands of Silverbuthall were purchased by Thomas Laidlaw, owner of the tweed (formerly hosiery) manufacturers William Laidlaw & Sons, in 1861, and the mansion (also known as 'Sillerbit Hall' or 'Sillerbuthall'), designed in the Scottish Baronial style by the Edinburgh-born but Glasgow-based architect John Thomas Rochead (1814-78), was built between 1863 and 1866. The lodge and gatepiers were presumably built around the same time as the mansion, which stood some distance to the north-east, and were linked to it by a long and winding driveway; it seems likely that they were by the same architect. The land was bought by the Council in 1945 to be the site of a new housing estate, resulting in the demolition of the mansion. Prefabricated dwellings appeared first, with more solid housing being built from the mid-1960s onwards.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77780990

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)