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Latitude: 55.8684 / 55°52'6"N
Longitude: -4.8857 / 4°53'8"W
OS Eastings: 219534
OS Northings: 667674
OS Grid: NS195676
Mapcode National: GBR 30.36CK
Mapcode Global: WH2MM.XRNM
Plus Code: 9C7QV497+8P
Entry Name: The Birkenward, 11 The Crescent, Skelmorlie
Listing Name: Skelmorlie Village 11 the Crescent the Birkenward
Listing Date: 29 August 1985
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 339128
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB7283
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Skelmorlie, 11 The Crescent, The Birkenward
ID on this website: 200339128
Location: Largs
County: North Ayrshire
Electoral Ward: North Coast and Cumbraes
Parish: Largs
Traditional County: Ayrshire
Tagged with: Villa
Probably late 19th century, with re-modelling 1904 in arts
and crafts manner. Asymmetrical 2-storey villa, substantial
earlier 20th century (plainer) rear wing. Stugged red
sandstone ashlar with polished dressings. Original house has
canted south gable (angles advanced; decorative iron
brattishing), 4-bay south elevation, outer bays advanced,
and linked by open wooden verandah with decorative shaped
capitals, door and French windows behind; mullioned windows
in finialed outer bays, projecting ground floor bay at
left; 2-storey canted bay at right has French window, iron
balcony to 1st floor window above. String at 1st floor cill
level. Corniced stacks; piended and gabled slate roofs with
projecting eaves.
Interior: some good art nouveau decoration; hall has square
columns and pilasters with decorative capitals, some
linked by segmental arches; timber panelling; chimneypieces -
that in hall has semi-circular recesses flanking niche.
Low, canted lounge to north; irregular rear wings, arcaded
service area to north wall, corbelled angle turret to south
west angle of later addition.
Shown on 2nd ed O.S. (1895). Application to build rear wing
not submitted to District Committee by 1912 (later minutes
not examined).
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