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Gillespie

A Category C Listed Building in Mid Galloway and Wigtown West, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.8323 / 54°49'56"N

Longitude: -4.7253 / 4°43'30"W

OS Eastings: 225057

OS Northings: 552015

OS Grid: NX250520

Mapcode National: GBR GHQY.09H

Mapcode Global: WH2SR.DS3V

Plus Code: 9C6QR7JF+WV

Entry Name: Gillespie

Listing Name: Gillespie, Farmhouse and Steading

Listing Date: 3 August 1993

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 350602

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB16789

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200350602

Location: Old Luce

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West

Parish: Old Luce

Traditional County: Wigtownshire

Tagged with: Farmhouse Farmstead

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Description

Earlier to mid 19th century farmhouse and steading.

FARMHOUSE: 2-storey and attic, 3-bay, with lower gabled wing to W. Painted rubble. Painted raised margins.

E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: corniced margin to door at centre; boarded door and fanlight. Regularly disposed fenestration at ground and 1st floors, taller windows at ground floor. Canted and piended dormer windows above outer bays.

S ELEVATION: window to left and right at ground floor. Bipartite window to left at 1st floor. Wing recessed to left; window to left at 1st floor; bipartite window to left and right at ground floor, and to right at 1st floor.

W ELEVATION: window at ground and 1st floors to left. Gabled bay advanced at centre; door and 2 windows at ground floor, and 3 windows at 1st floor to N return. Gabled wing adjoined to right; blank to W; lean-to to N in re-entrant angle with central gabled bay. Screen wall to NW linking rear wing with gabled building to N.

N ELEVATION: gabled and blank.

4-pane glazing in sash and case windows; some modern glazing to rear wing. Coped skews. Banded painted rubble stacks, gablehead to N and S, ridge at centre to rear wing. Graded purple-grey slates. Octagonal cans.

STEADING: situated to N of farmhouse. Two parallel ranges of buildings, running N-S. Various ranges of buildings, some gabled, some piended. Painted rubble. Small grey slates. Piend-roofed byre range to W. Barn to SE; double-piend-roofed byre range adjoined to N. Circular horse mill, between building to E and adjoining barn to W; central timber pier, aided by brick columns; gearing removed; concial slate roof with ball finial.

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