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Latitude: 56.031 / 56°1'51"N
Longitude: -2.7424 / 2°44'32"W
OS Eastings: 353830
OS Northings: 682262
OS Grid: NT538822
Mapcode National: GBR 2T.S1TD
Mapcode Global: WH7TK.VN8X
Plus Code: 9C8V27J5+C2
Entry Name: Kingston House
Listing Name: Kingston Farmhouse with Walled Garden and Summer House
Listing Date: 7 December 1988
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 331955
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB1395
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200331955
Location: Dirleton
County: East Lothian
Electoral Ward: North Berwick Coastal
Parish: Dirleton
Traditional County: East Lothian
Tagged with: House
Earlier 19th century. 2-storey and basement, 3-bay
classically detailed farmhouse with 2-storey wings, raised
and altered at W. Rubble, harled to S and W wing;
painted ashlar dressings. Raised basement course.
S ELEVATION: raised centre bay and wide outer angle
pilasters, capped by diminutive half-piend roofs.
Flat-roofed porch addition projecting at centre, dated
1878, partly oversailing basement; round arched doorway
with decorative fanlight in pilastered surround. Cornice
blocking course and urn finials; windows to E and W.
Symmetrical windows.
N ELEVATION: 3 symmetrical window bays to main house
with raised basement.
W WING: raised and enlarged, 1920, garage opening
inserted at ground to W.
Canted angle oriel to SW with 5-lights.
E WING: low 2-storey service wing with piend-roofed
outbuilding adjoined at centre. 2 1st floor windows.
12-pane glazing to sash and case windows. Shouldered,
broad end stacks to main house, ashlar coped. Piended
slate roofs. Decorative sundial on S elevation.
WALLED GARDEN: large walled garden to S of house. High
rubble walls with rubble coping and round arched
gateway to N in curved angle.
SUMMERHOUSE/FOLLY: circular section, brick small garden
house with brick conical roof. Decorative applied shell
ornament in poor state on external walls (1987). Small square
light to N, doorway to S. Shell ornament of
interior walls, almost intact and decorative.
Kingston stables to SE and steading (1848) to NW, listed
separately.
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