Description

Early to earlier 19th century. Single storey, 3-bay cottage (former school). Painted rubble. Later brick wing adjoined at ridge level to W.

E ELEVATION: gabled brick porch adjoined at centre; panelled door to N and window to E and S. Window to right and close by porch to left.

N ELEVATION: window to right. Rubble buttress to left and right.

S ELEVATION: rubble lean-to adjoined to left, extended to right in brick; semicircular-headed "peat hole" to left to S; panelled door with fanlight to W; window to E.

W ELEVATION: wing adjoined at centre; window to N; 2 windows to W. Flat-roofed brick addition adjoined to right, in re-entrant angle formed by wing; window to W, and door and 2 windows to S; glazed porch adjoined to S, in re-entrant angle formed by lean-to.

4-pane glazing in sash and case windows; fixed glazing in peat hole. Rendered gablehead stacks to N and S, painted brick to W. Purple slates. 3 rooflights to E pitch.

Statement of Interest

Elmlea is shown on the OS Map of 1849-50. It was used as a school.

The brick porch was added to the E elevation after 1907.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56624185

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Recommended Books

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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (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