Description

1736 with 18th century and later alterations. 2-storey, 3-bay gabled manse with 20th century bowed, glazed single-storey central porch to front and single-storey wing to rear forming L-plan. Grey-rendered stone with white-painted ashlar dressings. Quoin strips. Fairly regular fenestration with raised ashlar margins and projecting cills. 2 piended dormers, positioned symmetricallyto rear elevation.

12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows. Ashlar-coped skews. Coped gablehead stacks with later red clay cans. Mixture of cast-iron and plastic rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: curved, cantilevered stone staircase with cast-iron balusters and polished wooden handrail. Timber-panelled window surrounds and presses in principal rooms. Mostly timber-boarded doors. Three recesses in attic containing panelling of box-bed frames, the central one concealed by a timber-boarded door.

BOUNDARY WALL AND GATES: random whinstone rubble boundary wall with rough cement cope. 2-leaf spear-headed cast-iron gate.

Statement of Interest

A substantially little-altered 18th century manse still in use as such, with good interior detailing. It is situated at the heart of Ballantrae Village, to the NW (rear) of the B-listed church. In the Statistical Account of Scotland (1791), the then incumbent, Rev. William Donaldson, states that the manse was built 'in 1736, and the repairs upon the manse and offices since that time has cost the heritors little more than L.20 sterling'. Later, Rev. John Milroy wrote in his 1836 report for the New Statistical Account: 'The manse was built in 1736, and, though now a century old, is still in a good state of repair.'

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56615402

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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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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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)