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School Caretaker's House, Thornhill

A Category B Listed Building in Mid and Upper Nithsdale, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.2424 / 55°14'32"N

Longitude: -3.7618 / 3°45'42"W

OS Eastings: 288083

OS Northings: 595664

OS Grid: NX880956

Mapcode National: GBR 275T.DJ

Mapcode Global: WH5VP.5HYF

Plus Code: 9C7R66RQ+X7

Entry Name: School Caretaker's House, Thornhill

Listing Name: Thornhill Village East Morton Street School Caretaker's House

Listing Date: 26 June 1986

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 351235

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB17339

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200351235

Location: Morton

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Mid and Upper Nithsdale

Parish: Morton

Traditional County: Dumfriesshire

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Description

Charles Howitt of Drumlanrig estate, architect. Dated 1867.
2-storey 3-bay house. Bullfaced pinkish ashlar with polished
dressings and hood-moulded Tudor-arched openings. Inner bay
advanced and gabled with boarded 2-leaf door; windows all
bipartites with lying-pane glazing; gabled dormer heads;
saw-toothed skews; projecting chimney breasts with corniced
end stacks; roofed with graded slates.
Twin-gabled rear wing not all one build.

Statement of Interest

Closes view eastwards from axis of village.

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