Description

James Leslie, civil engineer, 1830. Jacobethan; polished ashlar.

2 storeys, 13 bays symmetrical front, 3-3-1-3-3. Central advanced gabled bay with door and 2 flanking latticed bipartites, all under 4-centred arched hoodmoulds, stepped string course and large 1st floor tripartite with multi-pane glazing. Y-tracery and ogee hoodmould. Skews with decorative cusping below and scrolled crockets, central birdcage pinnacle (repeated to north) and obelisk terminal pinnacles. Outer bays in groups of 3 with shallow advanced central gabled bay housing door (modern) under 4-centred arch with Y-traceried fan-light. String course above and cill course to central 1st floor window. Hoodmoulds to ground floor and 1st central windows; outer 1st floor windows with wall-head gablets. Original glazing pattern. All gablets finialled; straight skews, stacks with panelled plinths and sets of 4 octagonal flues, slate roof. End gables with 1 blind window to ground and 1st floor. Rear additions. Interior altered. Set in walled grounds. Octagonal piers to carriage and pedestrian entrances; single storey out building set into wall at north east.

Statement of Interest

Replaced similar hospital of 1665 by Robert Mylne.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17808883

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014