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Lodge, Castlemilkgates

A Category B Listed Building in Annandale North, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.086 / 55°5'9"N

Longitude: -3.3194 / 3°19'9"W

OS Eastings: 315878

OS Northings: 577634

OS Grid: NY158776

Mapcode National: GBR 598M.4M

Mapcode Global: WH6XS.ZFHC

Plus Code: 9C7R3MPJ+96

Entry Name: Lodge, Castlemilkgates

Listing Name: Castlemilk Smithy, Smithy Lodge and Gatepiers (Castlemilk Gates)

Listing Date: 4 October 1988

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 350720

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB16896

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200350720

Location: St Mungo

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Annandale North

Parish: St Mungo

Traditional County: Dumfriesshire

Tagged with: Gatehouse Architectural structure

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Description

Probably by David Bryce circa 1867. Asymmetrical single

storey and attic lodge (?originally 2 cottages) with low rear

wings, detached fully operational smithy closes courtyard at

N; latter entered from E, screen walls with circular piers; ball-finialed gatepiers flanking driveway may be 20th

century. Snecked stugged and squared rubble with ashlar

dressings; roofs all covered with graded slates.

LODGE: 4-bay S elevation (to driveway) with blocked door

left, projecting chimney breast right; 2 bipartites with

wooden mullions; 3 gabled dormers. Original roof U-plan, with

projecting eaves and single end stack; wallhead to court now

raised in timber and linking outer gables. Gabled timber

porch in 2-bay E flank. Coped stacks.

SMITHY: plain, rectangular-plan range with door to court and

small-paned flanking windows, vehicle opening to either long

wall (that to N, with sliding doors, is probably enlarged).

Original stone furnace with coped wallhead stack at N; large

guillotine mounted beside door. Rooflights.

GATEPIERS: 2 square piers each with leaded dog's head mask;

wrought-iron gates.

Statement of Interest

Compares with kennels cottage and home farm.

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