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4 Little Spott Cottages, Little Spott

A Category C Listed Building in Stenton, East Lothian

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9655 / 55°57'55"N

Longitude: -2.552 / 2°33'7"W

OS Eastings: 365638

OS Northings: 674862

OS Grid: NT656748

Mapcode National: GBR ND1Y.KM3

Mapcode Global: WH8W5.RBY3

Plus Code: 9C7VXC8X+65

Entry Name: 4 Little Spott Cottages, Little Spott

Listing Name: Little Spott Cottages

Listing Date: 2 May 1990

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 348220

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB14773

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200348220

Location: Stenton

County: East Lothian

Electoral Ward: Dunbar and East Linton

Parish: Stenton

Traditional County: East Lothian

Tagged with: Farm labourers cottage

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Description

Circa 1870. Symmetrical row of 6 single storey and attic
farm cottages. Squared and snecked red sandstone with
cream ashlar dressings; chamfered arrises to openings
and hoodmoulds to windows.
N ELEVATION: pend at centre flanked by doorways, eaves
continuing down over 3 bays in porch form, with
decorative timber brackets, columns and bargeboarding
and balustrades. 2 bays flanking each side with bipartite
windows at ground and gabled attic dormerheads above.
Paired porches to penultimate bays each side, detailed as
above, with doorways behind. Outer bays with bipartite at
ground and gabled attic dormerhead.
Blank end gables.
S ELEVATION: largely blank, with later brick porch
additions. Further modern addition at No 2.
Plate glass and 4-pane glazing patterns to sash and case
windows, 3 velux replacement windows at No 2;
small-pane upper panels to doors and plate glass
fanlights. Red fish-scale tiles and decorative terracotta
ridge tiles and finials. Decorative timber bargeboards and
eaves brackets. Mutual gable and gable end stacks.

Statement of Interest

Similar cottages at Fenton Barns, North Berwick parish, and

nearby at North Belton Farm, Dunbar parish, listed

separately. Impressive range of cottages, with the common

identity only minimally disturbed.

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