Description

Edward Tough (Hutton and Tough), 1909. Symmetrical 2-storey semi-detached villas. Harled brick and expanded metal lath with timber turrets and verandahs on rock-faced rubble-built base.

Inner gabled bays triple light. Octagonal angle towers, 5 timber mullioned lights. Swept roofs with art nouveau finials. Linking 3-bay timber verandahs with recessed doors at ground floor.

Side elevations: large stair windows, some with painted glass. Projecting 5-light mullioned and tronsomed bays set back to rear.

Slate roofs with tiled ridges. Ridge stacks. Windows originally had sintle-pane lower cases, 4 and 6-pane upper cases (altered at ground floor of towers). Unusual glazing pattern to stair windows.

Rubble-built retaining walls with original mild steel railings.

Statement of Interest

An unusual development of American-looking houses, each pair being slightly different in its treatment of the verandah.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56630080

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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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