Description

William Stirling 1833-37 and circa 1860. Original house,
walled enclosure with ashlar copes.
symmetrical picturesque design, basement (with good railed
Glasshouse to NW wall, potting sheds against outside wall.
area) ground floor and attic. Carefully droved ashlar with
Sundial with facetted head to plinth, dial engraved "William
finely droved dressings, chamfered angles with hook-stops.
Simpson's Home, 1838".
Entrance to N in slightly recessed panel with decorative
fanlight. Lying-pane glazing, 8 and 12-pane, stilted gablets
to attic windows, 2-window bow to E. Addition to W in similar
style, layer windows, 4-pane glazing. Single storey range at
W with deep verandahs; slate roofs, ridge stalks with diamond
flues (some cut-down). Walled garden to N, square rubble

Statement of Interest

Used to be an old People's Home.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17841911

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Recommended Books

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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living