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Mouswald House

A Category B Listed Building in Mouswald, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.0404 / 55°2'25"N

Longitude: -3.4719 / 3°28'18"W

OS Eastings: 306035

OS Northings: 572758

OS Grid: NY060727

Mapcode National: GBR 4B64.4Y

Mapcode Global: WH5WS.MKXS

Plus Code: 9C7R2GRH+56

Entry Name: Mouswald House

Listing Name: Mouswald Former Parish Manse and Gatepiers

Listing Date: 3 August 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 351298

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB17392

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200351298

Location: Mouswald

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Annandale South

Parish: Mouswald

Traditional County: Dumfriesshire

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Description

Built circa 1830. 2-storey manse (now 3 houses) with
full-height rear wing. Rubble built and whitewashed, with
contrasting ashlar margins. North west elevation: off-centre
full-height advanced entrance bay with narrow lights in
canted angles, panelled door with fanlight, single window
above; 2 bays to right with narrow lights (some blind); stair
window to left re-entrant angle, ground floor bipartite
beyond and 2 1st floor windows. Low addition to north east;
French windows inserted and porch built at south west.
Corniced axial stacks (cut-down wall-head stack on rear
wing); piended slate roofs. 2 corniced square painted ashlar
gatepiers have finials removed, leaving only their bases;
curved ashlar-coped rubble-built quadrant walls.

Statement of Interest

Unusual plan form.

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