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Latitude: 55.8559 / 55°51'21"N
Longitude: -3.1492 / 3°8'57"W
OS Eastings: 328159
OS Northings: 663122
OS Grid: NT281631
Mapcode National: GBR 60GQ.0N
Mapcode Global: WH6T6.L2LL
Plus Code: 9C7RVV42+98
Entry Name: Old Gorton House
Listing Name: Gorton Road, Old Gorton House
Listing Date: 14 September 1979
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 346001
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB13025
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200346001
Location: Lasswade
County: Midlothian
Electoral Ward: Midlothian West
Parish: Lasswade
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: House
Possibly mid 17th century with later alterations and additions. Irregular 2-storey, 2-bay, rectangular-plan traditional cottage with crowstepped gables. Yellow harl with slightly raised painted surrounds to openings. Base course. Single storey truncated rectangular-plan addition to W with boarded S elevation.
S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: replacement, small-pane glazed door at ground in bay to left of centre; window at 1st floor above. Window at ground in bay to right of centre; non-aligned window at 1st floor above.
N ELEVATION: window at 1st floor in bay to outer left. Window set wide at ground in bay to outer right; non-aligned window at 1st floor above.
E (SIDE) ELEVATION: window at ground set wide to right of centre; attic window set wide to right of crowstepped gablehead.
Small-pane windows with a variety of opening methods; plate glass picture windows to addition; skylights to roof; red pantiled pitched roof; lean-to roof to addition; harled, coped stacks to each gabled end; harled stack to centre of lean-to; skews to lean-to; replacement cast-iron rainwater goods.
Despite the unfortunate addition, the original cottage remains a surviving example of an early dwelling.
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