Description

William Burn, circa 1841. Single-storey, 3-bay, rectangular-plan, crowstep-gabled gate lodge located on sloping ground to W (stable) entrance to Thirlestane Castle estate fronting Galashiels Road. Squared and snecked greywacke rubble with red sandstone ashlar dressings. Chamfered margins. Basket-arched porch recess to NE gable angle. Pair of narrow windows with diamond-pattern glazing to left; square recessed panel above centre. Further timber door to W (road elevation); later canted window to right with slated piend-roof; window to far right. Lean-to addition runs full length of E elevation returning to part of S elevation.

Diamond-lattice glazing to fixed-frame timber windows to N gable. Predominantly non-traditional glazing elsewhere. Grey slate. Tall coped ridge stack with clay cans. Low coped rubble wall defines garden area sloping away to E.

Statement of Interest

A-group with 'Castle Wynd, Hume Lodge Including Boundary Wall to N and W', 'Thirlestane Castle (Including Eagle Gates and Boundary Walls)', 'Thirlestane Castle Estate, Garden Cottage', 'Thirlestane Castle Estate, Stables Offices' and 'Thirlestane Caste Estate, Walled Garden' (see separate listings).

Well-detailed, relatively unaltered example of a 19th century estate lodge by William Burn in prominent roadside location. Its diminuitive crowstepped form adds interest to the streetscape at the S end of Lauder's principal thouroughfare and it is also an important component of the wider Thirlsestane estate. Its basket-arched porch recess and diamond glazing pattern are elements of particular note. Burn, along with his sometimes partner David Bryce, was the leading exponent of the Scots Baronial style, and was responsible for the dramatic turreted additions and alterations to Thirlestane Castle in the 1840s. The lodge stands beside the W gate with cast-iron gate piers. The entrance leads past the large stable offices (see separate Thirlestane Castle listing), also by Burn, which were constructed using similar materials and design elements.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77781247

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)