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Corvisel House, Wigtown Road, Newton Stewart

A Category B Listed Building in Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.9495 / 54°56'58"N

Longitude: -4.4782 / 4°28'41"W

OS Eastings: 241382

OS Northings: 564459

OS Grid: NX413644

Mapcode National: GBR 4H.Z764

Mapcode Global: WH3TF.5VSJ

Plus Code: 9C6QWGXC+QP

Entry Name: Corvisel House, Wigtown Road, Newton Stewart

Listing Name: Corvisel House, Walled Garden Boundary Walls and Gatepiers

Listing Date: 20 July 1972

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 384075

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB38664

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200384075

Location: Newton Stewart

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Town: Newton Stewart

Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West

Traditional County: Wigtownshire

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Description

Circa 1830. 2-storey, attic and basement house with symmetrical 3-bay classical front. Rubble walling with polished grey granite margins and rusticated quoins.

S elevation: steps with simple iron balustrade to Roman Doric pedimented doorpiece, double-leaf panelled doors, fanlight. All windows sash and case with 12-pane glazing pattern.

To E flant 1945 addition of single storey flat-roofed harled wing.

Rear with paired flights of steps to basement door; box dormer. Regularly spaced windows, all 12-pane sashes.

Polished granite band courses over basement and at eaves, cornice, blocking course piend and platform roof of good graded slates. Rusticated coped wallhead stacks.

Large walled garden to N rubble wall with sandstone coping. Coped

rubble boundary and quadrant walls to road. Pair of sturdy rusticated granite gatepiers with simple iron gates.

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