Description

Early-earlier 19th century single storey cottage with mid-later 19th century addition forming irregular group of cottages located to W of site of former mill. Squared and snecked sandstone with ashlar dressings, rubble sides and rear.

SINGLE STOREY RANGE: to E, red sandstone, T-plan with 3-bay cottage to E at right angles; door to centre, windows flanking, blank gable to N, bipartite inserted to S. Rear wing to W; door to centre in S elevation, flanked to left by modern window, openings now enlarged. Red pantiles, slate eaves course, crowstepped gables, ashlar coped skews.

2-STOREY RANGE: 4-bay block of 2 cottages adjoining to W, cream sandstone; doors to outer bays to S elevation, 2 windows at ground, 4 windows at 1st floor breaking eaves in crowstepped gabled dormerheads. Unfortunate modern dormerheads at rear. Purple slates, crowstepped gables, ashlar coped stacks; ridge stack rendered, some decorative cans.

Statement of Interest

Listed for relation to the mill kiln, the cottages appear on the 1854 map as buildings associated with a sawmill to the W, of which only the circular detached kiln survives; listed separately.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56616270

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  For the Record