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Boston House, 11 Newtown Street, Duns

A Category C Listed Building in Duns, Scottish Borders

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.7785 / 55°46'42"N

Longitude: -2.3453 / 2°20'43"W

OS Eastings: 378438

OS Northings: 653960

OS Grid: NT784539

Mapcode National: GBR D12M.1D

Mapcode Global: WH8X7.Y0CZ

Plus Code: 9C7VQMH3+9V

Entry Name: Boston House, 11 Newtown Street, Duns

Listing Name: 11 and 13 Newtown Street, Boston House

Listing Date: 22 December 1994

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 363187

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB26548

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200363187

Location: Duns

County: Scottish Borders

Town: Duns

Electoral Ward: Mid Berwickshire

Traditional County: Berwickshire

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Description

Rebuilt 1893, incorporating earlier fabric. 2-storey 5-bay T-plan

pair of houses. Rubble with ashlar margins; chamfered arrises;

1st floor windows hard under eaves.

N (NEWTOWN STREET) ELEVATION: near-symmetrical; 5-bay. Windows to both floor of centre and outer bays; inner left bay with round-headed opening to pend (modern door to left inside pend) at ground and plaque REBUILT A.D. 1893 above; inner right bay with modern door and rectangular fanlight (No 13) at ground and plaque above THOMAS BOSTON WAS BORN IN THIS HOUSE MARCH 17 1676 ... &c.

W ELEVATION: gable rendered and lined as ashlar to left with window at 1st floor; irregular 2-storey 2-bay range set back to right.

S (REAR) ELEVATION: blank projecting gable to left with truncated apex stack. 3 irregular harled bays to right; pend and 3 windows at ground; 3 windows at 1st floor.

E ELEVATION: blank projecting gable to right. 3 irregular bays to left; door and 3 windows at ground; 3 windows at 1st floor.

4-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slates; ashlar coped skew to E (essentially of former adjoining building); brick apex stacks.

Statement of Interest

Each gable formerly had buildings adjoined. The Rev Thomas Boston was author of THE FOURFOLD STATE and founder of the Boston Church.

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