Description

Circa 1790. A picturesque 2-storey, 3-bay cottage with projecting polygonal centre bay with Gothick detailing, built on bank of Dipple Burn. Whitewashed and lined stugged rubble, ashlar margins, hoodmoulds at ground floor. 4-pane sash and case glazing, grey slates to piended roof with broad central stack.

FRONT ELEVATION: advanced, canted, 2-storey centre bay with pointed arched doorway, recessed 4-panelled door, windows on return, window at 1st floor. Windows to outer bays. 3 1st floor windows breaking eaves in gabled dormerheads. Lean-to additions at sides, lower 2-storey piended wing adjoining to right at rear.

Statement of Interest

Mentioned in the OS Name Book as a property of Sir James Boswell, and associated with the Auchinleck House Estate. A house named Barnsdale appears on General Roy's Map of 1755; the present house was probably built on its site.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17814491

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living