Description

Circa 1860-70. Large 2-storey Italianate mansion house with
later 19th century interior alterations. Stugged ashlar with
ashlar dressings and battered bullfaced ashlar plinth,
channelled angle pilasters. Symmetrical south entrance front
has 3 bays with central porch and door; outer bays with
canted round-headed 4-light windows linked by porch supported
by 2 Roman Doric columns and 2 piers, elliptical headed door
recessed behind. Balustrade over canted bays and porch, over
latter, raised, to small central pediment. Steps to door with
balusters removed and square piers at foot supporting
wrought-iron lamps. Round-headed tripartites with pilastered
jambs and mullions and foliated keystones in outer 1st floor
bays, single round-headed central light. Cornice and parapet,
with balustrade and ball-finialed pediment over outer
windows, raised segmentally over central window.
Symmetrically placed corniced stacks.

Statement of Interest

Built for William Knox, Mill owner, Kilbirnie.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17829984

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Recommended Books

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)