Description

Later 19th century. 2-storey, with 1st floor breaking eaves, mirrored semi-detached pair of 3-bay houses (No 71 to left, No 73 to right). W elevation stugged squared and coursed masonry, N and S elevations rubble; ashlar dressings. Base course. Bracketted and moulded cills to 1st floor.

W (BONNYRIGG ROAD) ELEVATION: each house composed of doorway at centre, with raised margin; hoodmould stepped over moulded panel; panelled door and plate glass letterbox fanlight. Canted window at ground in outer bays, with cornice and blocking course. Gabled dormerheads to bipartite windows at 1st floor in outer bays; bracketted skewputts and roll detailed skews to dormerheads. Segmental-pedimented dormerhead to window at centre, with scroll detail above.

N ELEVATION, NO 71: window to right of centre at ground.

S ELEVATION, NO 73: window to left of centre at ground.

Plate glass glazing in pattern in sash and case windows. Coped skews and bracketted skewputts; mutual skew. Coped stacks, mutual and gablehead to N and S. Purple slates. Original cans. Moulded eaves gutter. Original rainwater goods.

Statement of Interest

The roll detail on the dormerheads gives the semi-detached houses a distinctive character.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56629683

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6