Description

George Jack, dated 1903. Irregular south facing L-plan house,

mainly 2-storey and attic. All rubble with tooled ashlar dressings.Asymmetrical elevations, to

south of 5 bays punctuated at centre by later projecting

2-storey sun-room, flanked by 4 substantial gabled dormers. Single-storey porch masks entrance on E gable entered from

glazed verandah; porch lit by long multi-pane window, and

canted angle has datestone with carved relief of St Michael

and long poetic inscription in Gaelic.

Rear service court dominated by high, corbelled 3-storey

chimney gable incorporating small viewing platform, with

crowstepped wallhead and apex stack; multi-pane glazing;

slate roofs of varying pitches, at north sweeping to ground

floor as outshot broken by various gabled dormers.

Statement of Interest

Built by Miss C C Astley of Arisaig House. Gaelic poem

invokes blessings on house and residents.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17814985

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Recommended Books

• 
  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)