Description

Circa 1865. 2-storey, 3-bay, symmetrical cross-plan house. Stugged squared and snecked cream sandstone. Chamfered arrises; 1st floor windows breaking eaves in gabled dormerheads; exposed rafters and overhanging eaves.

N (FRONT) ELEVATION: projecting gabled central bay with deep-set panelled door and letterbox fanlight; scrolled strapwork brackets support balustraded balconette above; window at 1st floor. Octagonal apex stack. Blank returns with corbel course at 1st floor. Flanking bays with timber-mullioned bipartite windows to each floor; finials at gableheads.

E AND W ELEVATIONS: blank gables to N; windows to set back bay to S.

S ELEVATION: projecting 2-bay gable at centre; windows to flanking bays.

Timber sash and case windows; 10-lying-pane glazing. Grey slates; bargeboards. Apex stacks; ashlar to front, brick to sides (rebuilt in red brick to W).

BOUNDARY WALL, RAILINGS AND GATEPIERS: central pair of obelisk gatepiers with wrought-iron gates; low boundary wall with saddleback ashlar coping to left.

Statement of Interest

Almost identical to Nos 20 and 22 Bridgend (see separate listing for latter). All were perhaps developed by the Crombie family who built Mainhill, 43 Bridgend, which, though grander, is similar (see separate listing).

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56630659

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Recommended Books

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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  For the Record