Description

Probably William Burn, architect. Dated 1851. Asymmetrical castellated gatehouse and lodge. Stugged and snecked ashlar with polished dressings. All walls with crenellated parapets above string course. Tall, square-plan rib-vaulted gatehouse, round-headed carriage arches with moulded reveals, recessed under moulded depressed relieving arch. Corbelled round turret and tall octagonal angle tower, door under pointed head with moulded reveals in west face. Decorative cast-iron

gates have Douglas arms above. 2-storey lodge to west with projecting square corner tower at west retains some shouldered-headed windows. Altered window in ground floor at left, modern window above. Slate roof with bold corniced stack. Low flat-roofed single storey projection extends northwards from west tower. Screen wall extends eastwards from gatehouse linking small square tower and terminating at square pier.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17848869

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)