Description

Earlier-mid 19th century. 2-storey, 3-bay villa. Rubble, squared and coursed on W elevation; ashlar dressings. Base course. Cill course at 1st floor. Eaves cornice and blocking course. Raised angle margins.

E (ESKBANK ROAD) ELEVATION: consoled corniced canopy to architraved door at centre; plate glass fanlight. Regular fenestration to ground and 1st floors. Cast-iron window guards with anthemion and palmette design to 1st floor windows in outer bays.

N ELEVATION: window to centre at ground. Window to left at 1st floor.

8-pane glazing pattern in sash and case windows. Grey slates to piend and platform roof. Corniced wallhead stacks at centre to N and S.

BOUNDARY WALLS AND GATEPIERS: semicircular coped rubble retaining wall; coping forms overthrow to pedestrian gate. 2 square ashlar piers, corniced and pyramidal-capped.

Statement of Interest

B Group with Nos 40, 42, 44 and 46 Eskbank Road and Nos 1, and 2 Avenue Road. This villa was built sometime between 1835 and 1853.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17827331

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)