Description

James Gillespie, 1890. Single storey, 4 bay (grouped 3 1) dairy with verandah and gambrel roof. Brick with stone cills. Eaves cornice and segmental headed windows.

S ELEVATION: almost full width verandah with cast iron supporting columns to right and left of centre, and outer brick piers; recessed face with 2 boarded timber, part louvred doors with 3 pane fanlights to left of centre, windows in bay to outer left and to right of centre.

N ELEVATION: 3 windows.

W ELEVATION: dominant, shouldered brick stack at centre, and slightly recessed verandah to outer right with small, shouldered, bipartite opening. (Detail to left of centre obscured by vegetation, see Notes).

E ELEVATION: window at centre, and slightly recessed verandah to left as above.

15 pane glazing pattern in timber sash and case windows. Grey slates. Coped and banded, shouldered stack.

INTERIOR: small scullery to left. Walls lined with glazed enamel tiles and slate shelf.

PAVILION: steps up to small 5 bay, rectangular plan timber pavilion with slated, gambrel roof immediately to W of dairy. S elevation with entrance at centre flanked by 2 open bays over timber louvres. Further elevations as above but without entrance.

BOUNDARY WALLS: coped rubble boundary walls.

Statement of Interest

The dairy is situated immediately E of large steading complex of Balbirnie Mains, a survey of which was made by James Fraser in 1835. Drawing indicates a narrow window to left of stack (W elevation).

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56647928

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)