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Latitude: 55.9431 / 55°56'35"N
Longitude: -4.5824 / 4°34'56"W
OS Eastings: 238818
OS Northings: 675236
OS Grid: NS388752
Mapcode National: GBR 0L.YNJG
Mapcode Global: WH3NJ.LW3B
Plus Code: 9C7QWCV9+62
Entry Name: Lodge, Keil School, Helenslee Road, Kirktonhill, Dumbarton
Listing Name: Kirktonhill Helenslee Road Keil School Lodge and Gatepiers
Listing Date: 31 January 1984
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 361015
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB24898
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Dumbarton, Kirktonhill, Helenslee Road, Keil School, Lodge
ID on this website: 200361015
Location: Dumbarton
County: West Dunbartonshire
Town: Dumbarton
Electoral Ward: Dumbarton
Traditional County: Dunbartonshire
Tagged with: Lodge
Probably John Honeyman, architect. Built circa 1865.
Symmetrical, single storey 3-bay lodge. Stugged ashlar
coursers with polished dressings. Central gabled porch,
panelled 2-leaf door with monogram (PHD) above, and banded
pilasters; plate glass sashes; channelled angle pilasters;
cill band; eaves/lintel band. Projecting eaves; piended slate
roof with central corniced and rendered stack.
Corniced, square, polished ashlar gatepiers linked by low
quadrant walls and wooden railing with slated covering; piers
flanking main drive have ball finials (and may be
contemporary with original house); cast-iron gates.
This is a good example of a later 19th century classically designed lodge with fine detailing in the stonework and the banded pilasters around the porch. Much of the former Keil School (see separate listing) was designed and built by John Honeyman as Helenslee House. The lodge is contemporary with the former school and it is likely that is was also designed by Honeyman.
John Honeyman, (1831-1914) was a Glasgow based architect with a highly successful and prolific practice. He was also a writer and inventor. He designed a great variety of building types, including public and private commissions. In his later years, his most important commissions were the restoration of Iona and Brechin Cathedrals (see separate listings).
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