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Station Cottage, Station Road, Biggar

A Category C Listed Building in Biggar, South Lanarkshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.6195 / 55°37'10"N

Longitude: -3.5281 / 3°31'40"W

OS Eastings: 303863

OS Northings: 637268

OS Grid: NT038372

Mapcode National: GBR 33SG.ZD

Mapcode Global: WH5T1.S05W

Plus Code: 9C7RJF9C+QQ

Entry Name: Station Cottage, Station Road, Biggar

Listing Name: Station Road, 1 and 2 Station Cottages

Listing Date: 13 April 1995

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 357820

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB22270

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200357820

Location: Biggar

County: South Lanarkshire

Town: Biggar

Electoral Ward: Clydesdale East

Traditional County: Lanarkshire

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Description

Later 19th century. Single storey, rectangular-plan semi-detached

former railwaymen's cottages. Red brick, painted at N cottage, dark

glazed to E elevation, tooled ashlar dressings, some painted, slate roof with deep eaves and exposed rafter and purlin ends, moulded

bargeboards, corniced ashlar stacks. Multi-pane timber sash and case, and top-hopper windows.

E ELEVATION: each cottage has later out-of-character porch to centre

masking original door, window to left and right.

W ELEVATION: each cottage has window and narrow window, with later door to N cottage; outbuilding formerly to centre with rubble wall forming part of cottage wall. Former detached brick and slate wash house

converted to garage.

INTERIOR: not seen.

Statement of Interest

These cottages are important for their historical association with the former Biggar station, also listed. See REFERENCES and NOTES for Former Station, Station Road.

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