Description

Earlier to mid 19th century. 2-storey, 3-bay, rectangular-plan,

gabled house with Tudor-Gothic details, now with modern school buildings attached at rear N and E. Cream and white painted harl with painted sandstone dressings and margins; chamfered reveals; raised cills. Base course; Tudor hood moulds; blank shields in gablehead. Projecting bracketted eaves.

S ELEVATION: 3 bays; advanced gabled bay to outer left; canted bay at ground with half-piend roof; window at 1st floor, shield in gablehead. 2 bays recessed to right with Tudor-Gothic porch set in re-entrant angle; octagonal piers with battered base framing 3-centred entrance, now blocked as window; similar door at right return; parapet; modern door with segmental 2-pane fanlight. Window directly above. Bay with gable breaking eaves to right; tripartite, segmental-headed window at ground, single window at 1st floor, vent at gablehead.

E ELEVATION: 2 bay main block; gable breaking eaves to outer left. Canted bay at ground, shield at gablehead. Narrow window off-centre to left at 1st floor; windows symmetrically disposed to outer right at gound and 1st floor. Single storey, single bay block to outer right. House attached to modern school building by 4-bay recessed block to right.

W ELEVATION: triparite window at ground outer right, single blocked window at 1st floor. Recessed 2-bay block to left.

4- over 6-pane sash and case windows; 6-pane over plate glass for outer bay 1st floor windows at S elevation; plate glass sash and case for canted windows. Grey slate roof with lead flashings; diamond-set, rendered and block coped ridge stacks, circular cans.

INTERIOR: rib-vaulted vestibule; plain cornices. 3-centred arch on paired colonettes; plain panelled doors; plain stair.

BOUNDARY WALL & GATEPIERS: rubble wall with harl-pointing, (modern re-pointing with cement), semi-circular coping. Ashlar piers with trefoil arch panels, shaped cap, that to left pier missing.

Statement of Interest

The house is shown on the 1st edition map.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56620668

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)