Description

18th century. 2-storey, 3-bay house. Painted ashlar margins; eaves and base course and quoins. Pilastered doorpiece. Cream coloured harling.

N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical elevation. Central door; pilastered and corniced doorpiece. Flanking windows. 3 1st floor windows hug eaves.

E ELEVATION: attached to Thistle Cottage.

S ELEVATION: partially seen, 2001. 2 1st floor windows to left. Later pitched 2-storey extension to right; central 1st floor windows.

W ELEVATION: attached to Ailie House.

12-pane timber sash and case windows. Rooflight to front. Timber panelled, 2-leaf door. Pitched roof; slated to front; clay pantiles to rear. Gable apex stacks; circular cans.

INTERIOR: not seen, 2001.

BOUNDARY WALL

Low stone wall to front; painted ashlar coping stones; central gate.

Statement of Interest

The 2-storey, 3-bay arrangement with the 1st floor windows just below the eaves is typical of many of the small houses in Culross. For brief history of Culross Burgh see Culross, The Cross, The Study.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17804987

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings