Description

18th century. 2 adjoined houses, No 2 Rose Cottage to NE, No 4 Melville Cottage to SW. No 2; symmetrical, 2-storey, 3-bay rectangular-plan house. No 4; assymetrical, 2-storey, 2-bay double-plan house with chamfered arris to far W corner. Render to both, painted stone margins to openings of No 2.

SW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: No 2; central door flanked by windows, 1st floor windows close to eaves centred above. No 4; door to right window to left, 1st floor windows centred above.

NW ELEVATION: partially seen , (2002), plain double gable wall.

NE (REAR) ELEVATION: No 2; central door, flanking windows, 1st floor windows centred above. No 4; unseen, (2002).

SE ELEVATION: No 2; small window to ground floor far left. No 4; 2nd gable set back to right with 20th century single storey extension, partially seen, (2002). Door to off-centre left, flanked by lean-to and window, 3 windows arranged unevenly to 1st floor.

No 2; timber panelled door, 2-pane letterbox fanlight. Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Pitched roof, modern covering; raised coped skew, coped gable apex stack to NE. Shared coped ridge stack, replacement polygonal cans. No 4; replacement door, predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Interlocking concrete tiles to SE, replacement clay pantiles to NW. Raised coped skew, coped gable apex stack to SW, replacement polygonal cans.

INTERIOR: No 2; modernised interior. No 4; unseen, (2002).

IRON RAILINGS: 19th century cast-iron railings to main elevation of No 2; fleur de lys and pineapple finials, gate missing, (2002).

Statement of Interest

NOTES: Aberdour is divided between the old Morton village of Easter Aberdour and the old Moray village of Wester Aberdour. No 2 and No 4 are on the boundary of this divide just falling into Wester Aberdour, the road turns sharply at the houses and crosses over the railway line into Easter Aberdour. The chamfered arris to the W of No 2 suggests that the road might have continued along a different route before the railway line was built in 1890, passing much closer to No 2. During the 19th century Aberdour became fashionable as a seaside resort, many of the houses in the town became lodgings for the growing number of visitors. Rooms were rented at No 4 during the summer peroid. From 1890 the house was acquired by the railway company (the station is located just behind the houses to the NE, see separate listing) and provided accomodation for the large number of workers associated with the station. With the cuts in the Railway network in the 1960s No 4 was sold and ceased to be associated with the station and railway.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56614922

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Recommended Books

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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (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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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)