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Latitude: 55.8157 / 55°48'56"N
Longitude: -3.0915 / 3°5'29"W
OS Eastings: 331700
OS Northings: 658586
OS Grid: NT317585
Mapcode National: GBR 61V6.H2
Mapcode Global: WH6TF.H22Y
Plus Code: 9C7RRW85+7C
Entry Name: 21 Main Street, Temple
Listing Name: Temple Village, 21 Main Street
Listing Date: 22 January 1971
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 348065
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB14650
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200348065
Location: Temple
County: Midlothian
Electoral Ward: Midlothian South
Parish: Temple
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Dated 1760. 2 storey, 3 bay, tradition rectangular plan house with later addition to rear. Tooled sandstone rubble with broached dressings. Long and short dressings and quoins.
W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical; doorway with relieving arch to centre of ground; tooled lintel reading "TB 1760" with carved setsquare and pair of compasses to centre (symbol of a mason); replacement timber door with glazed panel; windows to flanking bays. Regular fenestration to 1st floor.
S ELEVATION: obscured by adjoining cottage.
E ELEVATION: not seen 1998.
N ELEVATION: asymmetrical; single window off centre to left of 1st floor. 19th century tooled addition to outer left with single window off centre to right of ground floor.
12 pane timber sash and case windows to ground, 4 pane timber sash and case windows to 1st floor. Grey slate roof with lead ridge; stone skews; coped tooled gablehead stacks with circular cans. Cast iron rainwater goods.
No 21 is the oldest dated building on the Main Street of Temple Village, which ascends from the banks of the River South Esk on both sides of the road. The village takes its name from the Knights Templar whose headquarters it was from the early 12th century. However, before it took on its present name in 1570 it was called Balintrode or Balantrodach. The Order of the Temple was founded to protect pilgrims in the Holy Land. The Knights were given land in England and Scotland as a reward. In 1312 the Order was suppressed, and the lands were given to the Knights of St John of Jerusalem. The Knights of St John were funded by the residents of Temple who gave them one tenth of their income.
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