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Stable Block, Murraythwaite House

A Category B Listed Building in Cummertrees, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.0405 / 55°2'25"N

Longitude: -3.3672 / 3°22'1"W

OS Eastings: 312731

OS Northings: 572636

OS Grid: NY127726

Mapcode National: GBR 4BX4.TX

Mapcode Global: WH6XZ.7KVP

Plus Code: 9C7R2JRM+64

Entry Name: Stable Block, Murraythwaite House

Listing Name: Murraythwaite House and Stable Court

Listing Date: 3 August 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 334613

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB3548

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200334613

Location: Cummertrees

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Annandale South

Parish: Cummertrees

Traditional County: Dumfriesshire

Tagged with: Stable

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Description

Several building phases; core circa 1766, 2-storey, 4-bay

house, additions throughout 19th century culminating in 1902

(dated) additions and re-modelling by Sir Reginald Blomfield. Symmetrical 2-storey country house with full-height flanking

wings, and plain long W wing. Mostly rubble-built with ashlar

dressings.

S elevation: original house rendered with ashlar margins and

off-centre plain doorway an alteration with re-set inscribed

stones above; 3 pedimented dormers (probably by Blomfield):

advanced flanking wings (left wing has 1844 dated ground

floor lintel) altered and heightened by Blomfield, with

canted full-height windows with pilastered mullions,

datestone and clasping pilaster strips. Main cornice and

blocking course carried over all elevations.

N elevation: 3-bay centrepiece, early 19th century addition

to main house double-pile arrangement, with mid 19th century

inserted cross windows (paired in outer bays); shallow

advanced and pedimented central entrance bay with (?)original

panelled door and decorative fanlight, brass doorbell (?)by

Blomfield. Flanking steep-pitched wallhead gables; wings each

2 bays. Windows mostly small-paned sashes; dormers and cross

windows casements. Corniced stacks; piended slate roofs. W

wing, by Blomfield, also 2 storeys, but lower, and with

asymmetrical elevations.

U-plan stables to SW, court flanked by rusticated piers;

garages in S range; glass-houses to S, beyond.

Statement of Interest

Murray of Murraythwaite archive in S.R.O. includes relevant documentation.

Original house built for John Murray.

Various inscribed dates probably refer to building dates:

stone inscribed "1800, 1823, 1863" and "Refecit 18(?4)5";

17th century pediment and 1660 lintel re-set over S door.

G.D. ref. includes building account 1768-70 and 1774.

Palladian elevation by Walter Newall - copy in Dumfries

Museum.

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