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Blackwood House

A Category B Listed Building in Middlebie, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.0577 / 55°3'27"N

Longitude: -3.1863 / 3°11'10"W

OS Eastings: 324323

OS Northings: 574334

OS Grid: NY243743

Mapcode National: GBR 695Y.ZR

Mapcode Global: WH6Y2.140J

Plus Code: 9C7R3R57+3F

Entry Name: Blackwood House

Listing Name: Blacket or Blackwood House, Stables and Gatepiers, at North and at Former East Drives

Listing Date: 3 August 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 350808

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB16972

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200350808

Location: Middlebie

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Annandale East and Eskdale

Parish: Middlebie

Traditional County: Dumfriesshire

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Description

Built 1830/40. 2-storey small-scale country house with Tudor
details, parallel low ranges to W from service court. Stugged
red ashlar coursers with polished dressings and hood-moulds.
N (entrance) and S elevations both with advanced wide gabled
bay nearest E, 3 remaining bays to N with central doorway
with moulded head (panelled door with fanlight), 1st floor
windows break through eaves and have steep gabled
dormer-heads. Sash windows to elevations, lying-panes at
ground, 12-pane glazing pattern at 1st floor. E elevation has
projecting ground floor windows and central wallhead gable
with corbelled stack and individual flues; otherwise corniced
end and axial stacks to house. Shaped skews and skewputts;
finialed gables. Courtyard ranges linked at W by screen wall,
single diamond flue over each W gable. Slate roofs. L-plan
low stables/coachhouse court to W of house similarly
detailed, N range a 3-bay stable, W range a 2-bay coach
house. Gatepiers to N of house, square outer piers linked by
short quadrants to taller, thinner inner piers. All painted
ashlar with pointed caps. Piers at E drive also painted
ashlar.

Statement of Interest

Re-used marriage lintel at stables dated 1795.

Scheduled Ancient Monument, No 10431, 28 October 2002.

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