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Gig House, 1 Clouds, Duns

A Category B Listed Building in Duns, Scottish Borders

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.7793 / 55°46'45"N

Longitude: -2.3463 / 2°20'46"W

OS Eastings: 378373

OS Northings: 654048

OS Grid: NT783540

Mapcode National: GBR D11M.T4

Mapcode Global: WH8X1.XZVX

Plus Code: 9C7VQMH3+PF

Entry Name: Gig House, 1 Clouds, Duns

Listing Name: 1 Clouds with Former Gig House and Stable, and Boundary Wall

Listing Date: 22 December 1994

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 363119

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB26487

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200363119

Location: Duns

County: Scottish Borders

Town: Duns

Electoral Ward: Mid Berwickshire

Traditional County: Berwickshire

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Description

Earlier 19th century. 2-storey and basement 3-bay, house. Cream rubble sandstone with stugged ashlar facade.

S ELEVATION: base course and band course above ground floor. At centre, 5 steps and platform oversailing basement area to deep-set panelled door and fanlight with Tuscan pilastered doorcase; window above; cast-iron railings to steps. Flanking windows. Door with flanking windows to basement.

E AND W ELEVATIONS: blank gable ends. Flat-roofed single storey brick porch attached to NE, with window to S.

N ELEVATION: 3-bay with stair window at centre; flanking windows, that to right at ground blind. Single storey brick porch to E.

12-pane timber sash and case windows. Ashlar coped skews; bracket skewputts; chamfered ashlar stacks with base and cornice. Grey slates.

INTERIOR: not seen 1993.

FORMER GIG HOUSE: to NW; 2-storey cream sandstone rubble former gig house, now garage, with later garage door to street. Abutted by brick shed to E. Pitched roof; grey slates.

BOUNDARY WALL: coped rubble wall to N, aligned with garage and porch; boarded door in ashlar doorcase to immediate E of porch.

Statement of Interest

The house was built to be approached from the S (Newtown Street).

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