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Pencaet Workshop, Lempockswell Road, Wester Pencaitland

A Category C Listed Building in Pencaitland, East Lothian

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9091 / 55°54'32"N

Longitude: -2.8947 / 2°53'40"W

OS Eastings: 344168

OS Northings: 668804

OS Grid: NT441688

Mapcode National: GBR 8073.3L

Mapcode Global: WH7V2.HQTW

Plus Code: 9C7VW454+J4

Entry Name: Pencaet Workshop, Lempockswell Road, Wester Pencaitland

Listing Name: Wester Pencaitland, Lempockwells Road Pencaet Workshop

Listing Date: 13 May 1991

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 353159

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB18943

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200353159

Location: Pencaitland

County: East Lothian

Electoral Ward: Haddington and Lammermuir

Parish: Pencaitland

Traditional County: East Lothian

Tagged with: Workshop

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Description

A Murray Hardie, circa 1925.Single storey symmetrical institute.Red sandstone rubble frontage, ashlar dressings; harled sides and rear. East elevation: seven-bay, three advanced bays at centre with catslide roof; semi-circular gable breaking eaves in entrance bay at centre with blank panel. Roll-moulded surround to upper part of wide doorway; two-leaf doors; tripartite rows flanking under eaves. Recessed penultimate bays each with large and tall timber bipartite window, breaking eaves in piend roof. Outer bays with smaller timber bipartites. West elevation: five timber mullioned bipartite windows and lean-to porch at outer left. North elevation: blank with raised chimney breast. South elevation: venetian window. Small-pane glazing patterns in sash and case windows. Coped skews. Flattened red pantiles. Ventilators.

Statement of Interest

Built as the Pencaitland Miners Welfare Institute, after a levy authorised by the mining industry act 1920, the design included billiard and reading room, and accomodation for meetings. It is now suitably redesignated as workshop, and listed C(S) for its contribution to Pencaitland's recent history.

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