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Amisfield House

A Category B Listed Building in Tinwald, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.138 / 55°8'16"N

Longitude: -3.5827 / 3°34'57"W

OS Eastings: 299201

OS Northings: 583774

OS Grid: NX992837

Mapcode National: GBR 39F0.4Y

Mapcode Global: WH5WB.Y33Y

Plus Code: 9C7R4CQ8+6W

Entry Name: Amisfield House

Listing Name: Amisfield House

Listing Date: 3 August 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 351118

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB17232

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200351118

Location: Tinwald

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Lochar

Parish: Tinwald

Traditional County: Dumfriesshire

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Description

1837 Classical house built in front of 1631 house, thus
doubling its thickness. All 2 storeys, on raised basement.
1837 HOUSE: polished red ashlar (basement droved); 5-bay
south front, inner 3 bays advanced and pedimented, with
narrow basement lights, inner canted window at ground (rising
from basement); other windows 12-pane sashes, architraved
above basement, with aprons and cill bands, and cornices at
ground floor. Principal entrance on short east wall, steps to
pedimented doorpiece. Angle margins. Cornice; symmetrically
placed stacks; piended roof. 1631 HOUSE: (much rebuilt:
rubble-built with ashlar dressings; openings mostly altered
and arranged irregularly, some below relieving arches, some
margined, some with moulded or chamfered reveals;
round-headed stair window, door and wide former
segmental-arched opening (now a window) on north wall; mostly
12-pane sashes; south west angle corbelled at 1st floor where
1837 house adjoins. End and axial stacks; roofs slated.

Statement of Interest

Design of 1837 house comparable with that of Riddingwood

house in Kirkmahoe parish by Walter Newall.

Estate advertised for sale in Dumfries and Galloway Courier

2.4.1834.

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