Description

Frank Burnet & Boston of Glasgow, architects of 1911
"tower" house, addition to north wing of late 18th century,
2-storey, 3-bay house. Tower house is rectangular-plan,
with 2-storeys, with corbelled angle turrets, crow-stepped
gables and crenellated and corbelled parapet: heavily
pointed and stugged inter-locking polygonal masonry, with
polished ashlar dressings (earlier parts harled). North
elevation: low door to right with moulding above set in
splayed reveals; rectangular window over scrolled brackets;
tall, stepped 3-light stair window to left; 3 stepped windows
below; 2 12-pane sashes; 3 piended dormers. Central canted
1st floor oriel window to west gable and to single bay east
wings; latter opens onto conservatory to east, and is linked
by balustraded screen wall to gabled garden gateway;
depressed-arched opening with heraldic crest above and
grostesques. North wing has 2 1st floor windows with shaped
dormerheads above tripartite in west elevation, and conical-
roofed, low and battered turret to right; screen wall with
gateways links to former outbuilding (now a garage, with
crenellations and crow-steps) forming enclosed courtyard
to west of original house; latter has modern, broad central
porch to courtyard, and plate glass sashes; taller wing,
linking to tower house, has one broad gabled bay, and
single scrolled skewputt. Slated roofs.
Interior of tower house: wooden panelling in halls, billiard
room and music room; stairs have shaped wooden balusters,
bottom newel carved with grotesque figures; some decorative
chimney pieces and plasterwork, especially in drawing room.
Simple leaded glass panels; single painted figure beside main
door and sailing ship panel in drawing room (above main door).

Statement of Interest

1911 work for Wallace Fairweather of Fa'side and Mearns

castle.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17796038

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide