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Latitude: 55.3121 / 55°18'43"N
Longitude: -3.2055 / 3°12'19"W
OS Eastings: 323580
OS Northings: 602660
OS Grid: NT235026
Mapcode National: GBR 6710.TL
Mapcode Global: WH6WP.QRR2
Plus Code: 9C7R8Q6V+RQ
Entry Name: Outbuilding and Coach House, Rayleigh House, Eskdalemuir Observatory
Listing Name: Eskdalemuir Observatory, Rayleigh House and Outbuildings
Listing Date: 12 July 1988
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 342042
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB9735
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200342042
Location: Eskdalemuir
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Annandale East and Eskdale
Parish: Eskdalemuir
Traditional County: Dumfriesshire
W T Oldrieve. Dated 1908. 2-storey villa-type observatory
residences. Arts and Crafts movement, with complex (slate) roofs,
some battered walls, gabled bays with skews run horizontally
above angles. Roughly-coursed and squared whinstone with
contrasting long and short dressings and segmental window arches
with contrasting voussoirs. 3-bay elevations, except at rear. Symmetrical S entrance front with canted flat-roofed porch,
window above, taller outer bays. Sash windows, mainly with
12-pane glazing. Coped stacks. North-facing 2-light stone-built
dormer, louvred apices of main roofs rise above.
Outbuildings (to N) principally 2 detached blocks in similar
style;
BLOCK NEAREST E: single storey; west-facing with coach-house in
gabled right bay with loft door above, dovecote below eaves on S
return.
BLOCK NEAREST N: plainer, 2 storeys with square-headed 1st floor windows; converted for residential use, with modern glazing.
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