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Summerfield, High Street, Dunbar

A Category C Listed Building in Dunbar, East Lothian

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9994 / 55°59'57"N

Longitude: -2.5353 / 2°32'7"W

OS Eastings: 366711

OS Northings: 678624

OS Grid: NT667786

Mapcode National: GBR ND3V.M8B

Mapcode Global: WH8W0.0GZM

Plus Code: 9C7VXFX7+QV

Entry Name: Summerfield, High Street, Dunbar

Listing Name: Belhaven, Edinburgh Road Summerfield and Lodge

Listing Date: 11 January 1988

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 360797

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB24742

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200360797

Location: Dunbar

County: East Lothian

Town: Dunbar

Electoral Ward: Dunbar and East Linton

Traditional County: East Lothian

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Description

Mid to later 19th century. 2-storey and basement, square plan
villa. Squared red rubble to E and S with ashlar N and W
elevations and dressings. Slate roof. Obliquely set, linked
diamond stacks to advanced chimney breasts on N and S fronts.
Decorative finials. Plate glass sashes on main frontage,
small-pane glazing elsewhere.
W ENTRANCE FRONT: 3-bay; advanced wide gabled central porch,
with bolection moulding door surround, hoodmould above
stepping over panel. Hoodmoulded single window above small
windows in gabled attic. Wider shallow advanced flanking bays
with canted windows to ground and 1st floor. Blind slits with
hoodmoulds in flanking gable heads and central pediment.
3-light, canted bays to ground and 1st floor, with blocking
course. Balcony supported on stone volutes hugging canted
bays and corners with decorative wrought-iron balustrade.
Stone flight of steps bridging basement recess.
E ELEVATION: 3 bays with projecting 2-light window alteration
to left ground floor. Skewputted, finialled gablet heads with
blind slits.
W AND S FRONTS: smaller E gables recessed, larger advanced
gable to W. False windows on chimney breasts of N side.
Random windows in between.
Rubble entrance wall and square, capped ashlar piers (reset).
LODGE: contemporary with house. Single storey: rectangle
plan. Snecked squared rubble with stugged ashlar dressings
and base course. Ashlar E, N and W elevations. Slate roof;
gabletted skews. Paired, octagonal flues to gable stacks.
Small pane glazing pattern.
N ENTRANCE FRONT: advanced gabled doorway with strip fanlight
and panel above. 2-light window to left, single light to
right. Low parapet wall and decorative wrought-iron railings.
REAR S ELEVATION: 4-bay skewputted gablet heads over windows
breaking eaves with narrow arch slits to each bay. Modern
dormer addition to E. E elevation blank with advanced chimney
breast; mirrored on W side with flanking windows.

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