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Dovecot, Inveresk Gate, Musselburgh

A Category C Listed Building in Inveresk, East Lothian

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.936 / 55°56'9"N

Longitude: -3.0478 / 3°2'52"W

OS Eastings: 334637

OS Northings: 671937

OS Grid: NT346719

Mapcode National: GBR 2F.Z56Q

Mapcode Global: WH7V0.42X6

Plus Code: 9C7RWXP2+CV

Entry Name: Dovecot, Inveresk Gate, Musselburgh

Listing Name: 6 Inveresk Village, Inveresk Research International (Formerly Inveresk Gate) with Gatepiers

Listing Date: 5 December 1977

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 343474

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB10933

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200343474

Location: Inveresk

County: East Lothian

Electoral Ward: Musselburgh

Parish: Inveresk

Traditional County: Midlothian

Tagged with: Dovecote

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Description

1774, two-storey and basement, three-bay villa, with bowed single-storey and basement wings dating from 1821 with further 19th century additions at rear. Cantilevered, canted windows added to south elevation around 1900, modern doorway replacing earlier porch. Squared and course masonry with ashlar dressings, heavy pointing, droved ashlar bows and ashlar canted bays, moulded cornice, quoins.

South elevation: eaves cornice, flight of stone steps to modern doorway at centre. Narrow window flanking to left, original first floor window retained at centre, cast-iron brackets to corniced, cantilevered and canted windows flanking, with basement windows under. Two slate-hung, canted late-19th century dormer windows and one piend roofed at centre. Three-light bowed wings with cornice and blocking course, tall windows and basement windows under; piend roofs; tall window to each return elevation at centre.

Plate glass glazing pattern in sash and case windows of main villa, multi-pane glazing to bowed wings. Grey slates, corniced end stacks.

RETAINING WALLS AND PIERS: rubble retaining walls with ashlar coping. Corniced ashlar gatepiers with pyramidal caps by former stable range to northeast of main house.

Statement of Interest

Originally known as Rosebank. In 1824 it belonged to Admiral Sir David Mylne, in whose family it remained for many years. The later alterations and additions are reversible. A ruinous dovecot lies in the grounds.

Listed building record updated 2024.

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