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St Margaret's, 8-8A Kingsmeadows Road, Peebles

A Category C Listed Building in Peebles, Scottish Borders

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.6491 / 55°38'56"N

Longitude: -3.1899 / 3°11'23"W

OS Eastings: 325213

OS Northings: 640148

OS Grid: NT252401

Mapcode National: GBR 6353.5S

Mapcode Global: WH6V4.Z84N

Plus Code: 9C7RJRX6+J2

Entry Name: St Margaret's, 8-8A Kingsmeadows Road, Peebles

Listing Name: 8, 8A and 9 Kingsmeadows Road, St Margaret's and Fernside, with Boundary Walls and Railings

Listing Date: 29 March 1995

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 384832

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB39226

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200384832

Location: Peebles

County: Scottish Borders

Town: Peebles

Electoral Ward: Tweeddale East

Traditional County: Peeblesshire

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Description

Early 19th century with later alterations. Pair of 2-storey 3-bay

semi-detached cottages. Whinstone rubble with painted ashlar margins; No 8 dry-dashed.

NO 8 ST MARGARET'S: symmetrical; eclectically enriched in late 19th century; now divided as flats with upper entrance to rear. Pilastered doorpiece at centre ; bracketed arched cornice supports pair of lions rampant holding shields with monogram PL; thistle and ST MARGARETS below arch; glazed and panelled door. Flanked by canted flat-roofed corniced timber windows. At 1st floor windows with moulded cills and shaped aprons; panels between bearing thistle and rose.

Gabled return with small attic window to right.

Timber multi-pane casement windows. Grey slates; dry-dashed stacks.

WALL: to front, saddleback ashlar pedestal for modern wrought-iron railings.

NO 9 FERNSIDE: symmetrical; regular fenestration. Panelled and glazed door at centre.

Blank gabled return.

Timber sash and case windows; plate glass and 4-pane. Grey slates; rubble stacks.

WALL AND RAILINGS: to front; low, rubble with saddleback ashlar coping. Wrought-iron hoop railings to No 8.

Statement of Interest

Vestigial thackstanes are evident on the stacks.

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