Description

William J Gibson (Glasgow) 1938. Large 2-storey and attic over raised basement, L-plan, double-pile chalet-style floors with 'Cellatex' felt lining and 2 layers of natural edge elm cladding, modern concrete tile roof replacing original shingles. Various doors and windows to basement, balcony cantilevered to part of principal floor, mostly 8-lying-pane casement and top-hopper windows, decorative bargeboards, deep bracketted eaves, oversailing brick stacks.

FRONT ELEVATION: boarded door to centre of principal floor approached by timber forestair with balcony continuing to right return elevation, pilaster strips to door composed of Minton-type tiles, stair window above, large and small window to left at principal and upper floors, wrap-around window to right, recessed bay to far right with French doors, verandah and French doors to upper floor. Stone volutes at base of forestair reputedly removed from Hamilton Palace.

RIGHT RETURN ELEVATION: gable to left, verandah to principal floor with set-back continuous French doors and windows, 2 windows to upper floor, 2 small windows to attic; gable to right, 2 windows to principal and upper floors.

LEFT RETURN ELEVATION: gable to right, balcony and French doors at principal floor, 2 windows to upper floor, 2 small windows to attic; gable recessed to left, 2 windows to each floor.

REAR ELEVATION: bay advanced to left, continuous glazing to principal and upper floors; bays recessed to right, forestair and balcony to principal floor, lean-to porch to centre flanked by window to left and right, 3 windows to upper floor.

INTERIOR: largely original, including hardwood floors, chimneypieces, and carved newel posts by Claude Gill.

Statement of Interest

Greyholme was designed by William Gibson for himself. Signed and dated sketch plans by Gibson with the address 188 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, are kept in the house (1992). The design of this house is unusual in Scotland, and unique in Arran.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17830077

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living