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Cheese Loft, Mains Of Cairnbrock

A Category C Listed Building in Kirkcolm, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.9467 / 54°56'48"N

Longitude: -5.1678 / 5°10'3"W

OS Eastings: 197221

OS Northings: 565934

OS Grid: NW972659

Mapcode National: GBR FHMM.MNT

Mapcode Global: WH1QT.LXCN

Plus Code: 9C6PWRWJ+MV

Entry Name: Cheese Loft, Mains Of Cairnbrock

Listing Name: Mains of Cairnbrock, Cheese Loft

Listing Date: 25 February 1994

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 346726

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB13555

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200346726

Location: Kirkcolm

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Stranraer and the Rhins

Parish: Kirkcolm

Traditional County: Wigtownshire

Tagged with: Farmstead

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Description

Later to late 19th century. 2-storey cheese loft, terminating W jamb of U-plan steading. Painted rubble. Projecting cills.

E ELEVATION: enlarged doorway to right; 2 window openings to left and left of centre at ground floor. 4 windows at 1st floor.

W ELEVATION: 5 window openings at ground floor; 4 windows at 1st floor.

S ELEVATION: gabled and blank.

N ELEVATION: adjoined to lower stable range.

INTERIOR timber coombed ceiling to upper floor. Some original equipment and shelving.

Some partly glazed, with 6-pane glazing, and partly shuttered window openings; louvred openings at ground floor to E; several openings boarded. Red sandstone coped skews. Granite dressed rubble gablehead stack, with red sandstone cope, to N. Grey slates. Red sandstone ridge.

Statement of Interest

The U-plan steading is not marked on the OS Map of 1847, but is marked on the OS Map of 1907. Listed as a fine example of a typical building type of the area.

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