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Cobalt House And 43 Bonhill Road, Bonhill Road, Dumbarton

A Category B Listed Building in Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9488 / 55°56'55"N

Longitude: -4.5612 / 4°33'40"W

OS Eastings: 240162

OS Northings: 675823

OS Grid: NS401758

Mapcode National: GBR 0M.Y78Y

Mapcode Global: WH3NJ.XQ4Y

Plus Code: 9C7QWCXQ+GG

Entry Name: Cobalt House And 43 Bonhill Road, Bonhill Road, Dumbarton

Listing Name: Bonhill Road, Westonlee House, and Gatepiers

Listing Date: 31 January 1984

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 360973

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB24868

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200360973

Location: Dumbarton

County: West Dunbartonshire

Town: Dumbarton

Electoral Ward: Dumbarton

Traditional County: Dunbartonshire

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Description

Circa 1820. 2-storey classical house, with symmetrical 5-bay
south front and lower service wing extending to north. Polished
ashlar. South elevation: slightly advanced and pedimented
central bay with double pilastered doorpiece, recessed
panelled door with pilastered jambs and rectangular fanlight;
1st floor tripartite above. Single windows in remaining bays,
corniced at ground floor and with corbelled cills; all
windows 12-pane sashes in architraves. Broad angle pilasters.
Eaves course, cornice and blocking course; corniced end
stacks, and shallow-pitched piended slate roof. 2-bay side
elevation. Round-headed stair window at north in advanced
central bay.
Interior: most larger rooms subdivided, but some ceiling
plasterwork survives; cast-iron stair balusters. Low 2-storey
wing has central door on east elevation, flanked by
bipartites.
3 square, polished ashlar, panelled and corniced gatepiers to
east; simple cast-iron gates.

Statement of Interest

Now property of Argyll and Clyde Health Board.

Grounds were laid out for feuing in 1884 by John MacLeod

architect (see SRO, RHP 20, 108)

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