Description

Probably Thomas MacKenzie, Elgin, architect, dated 1854.
Gothic, S facing cruciform single storey, 3-bay cottage
orne. Tooled ashlar frontage, rubble E gable, modern harling
elsewhere; tooled and polished ashlar dressings. Centre
advanced and gabled porch with recessed pointed-headed and
cusped entrance with pair of flanking nook-shafts with
nailheads decoration between. Trefoil plaque in gablet;
paired lights.
Flanking pointed headed bipartites; large pointed headed
plate traceried windows in E and W gables.
Hoodmoulds with masked stops to all windows and doorway;
lattice-pane glazing; stylised mask corbels at eaves cornice
to frontage; sawtooth skews; centre ridge stack; local slate
roofs.

Statement of Interest

Gablet plaque inscribed 'St Mary's Cottage, 1854'.

Despite date of 1854 this cottage probably that 'cottage

near mausoleum' for which there were advertisements for

tender in 1851.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17827920

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)