Description

Later 18th century. Single storey, 2 3-bay cottages. Exposed rubble to E and rear; rendered elsewhere. Ashlar surrounds to openings; ashlar eaves course and vertical margins to E cottage.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 3 windows to left cottage; central door; single flanking windows to right cottage. Lean-to shed set back to right; door to left. 17 IC 77 inscribed above door.

W ELEVATION: plain gable; whinstone outcrop projects from base.

N ELEVATION: rear door to W cottage; 2 small windows to right. 2 windows to E cottage.

E ELEVATION: lean-to addition; plain wall.

4-pane timber sash and case windows to W cottage; 10-pane to E cottage. Timber and glazed doors. Pitched roofs; replacement red tiles; slated easing course. Red clay pantiles to E lean-to. Raised skews; scroll skewputts to E cottage, beaked skewputts to W cottage. Coped gable end stacks, central ridge stack; circular cans.

INTERIOR: not seen, 2000.

Statement of Interest

A-Group with Broomhall; Broomhall Ice-House; Broomhall, Limekilns, 9 The Old Orchard; Broomhall, Limekilns, 9 The Old Orchard Garden, Broomhall Doocot; Broomhall Policies, East Lodge; Broomhall Policies, Former Brick Works and Broomhall Policies, Hillock. The cottages which have been converted into one residence, belong to the Broomhall Estate. Fine scroll skewputts to E cottage. Courthill Cottage stands beside the original main road from Kincardine to North Queensferry and was built as a shop and house for the shop keeper.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17816204

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Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)