Description

James Millar, architect, circa 1902; alterations and
additions circa 1911, also by Millar. Large asymmetrical
house with Tudor details. Mostly harled, but some ashlar,
brick, and timber framing. Mostly 2 storeys with attics.
West elevation: symmetrically planned, 3 bays (addition to
left), long mullioned windows wide inner bay advanced and
gabled, mannered random rubble and Tudor-arched lights
at ground floor, timber frame infilled with patterned
brickwork above, 1st floor embryo jettying, long windows
flank sundial; small canted attic oriel, gable head projects
above decorative barge boards; porch projects diagonally
from left re-entrant angle; door in architrave. Right bay is
tile hung above canted ground floor window; 1st floor
windows in outer bays break through eaves. Left wing timber
framed at 1st floor, with north gable jettied on brackets
at 1st floor; 2 additional gables to north elevation, door
between with bronze ship's bell (inscribed "Lord of the
Isles"); twin-gabled south elevation. L-plan wing projects
from east wall of house, forming courtyard, crenellated
octagonal turret in re-entrant angle. Rectangular,
diamond or grouped, harled or brick stacks; tiled roofs
of various levels.
Interior has some decorative wooden panelling.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17830733

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
• 
  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
• 
  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
• 
  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings