Description

Late 18th century. 2-storey, 3-bay L-plan former manse, with attached ancillary structure. Painted rubble; contrasting painted cills.

SW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: advanced, central gabled entrance porch; timber door; moulded skewputts and ball finial to gable, flanked to right by small circular window; single window aligned above at 1st floor; regular fenestration to flanking outer bays.

NW (SIDE ELEVATION): single windows at ground and 1st floor to left of main gable.

NW (REAR/SIDE) ELEVATION: advanced lean-to entrance porch; timber door; bipartite and single square window to lean-to section to left at ground; single window at 1st floor breaks eaves to form segmental head; single window at 1st floor to outer left of main house.

SE (SIDE) ELEVATION: blank gable to main section; 2 small square windows to lower height section to right; 2-leaf opening to ancillary structure (including lean-to) to outer right (see below).

Predominantly 4-, 6- and 12-pane timber sash and case glazing. Grey slate roof, re-slated to rear; rooflights; stone skews; moulded skewputts; coped gablehead stacks; polygonal cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1999.

ANCILLARY STRUCTURE, GATEPIERS AND BOUNDARY WALLS: attached single storey, rectangular-plan ancillary structure to N, with attached lower height lean-to; square-plan gatepiers to outer left (gatepiers to right lead to Lochryan House - see separate list description); ball finials atop; rubble boundary wall encloses site; deeply splayed coping to NE section.

Statement of Interest

Distinguished from other local late 18th century rural architecture by its ball-finialled gabled entrance porch, especially the rosette moulding to the skewputts. Also of note are the ball-finialled gatepiers and rubble boundary wall enclosing the former manse. Sub-divided into 2 flats, 1996.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17804721

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback