Description

Circa 1860, with later additions. 2-storey 3-bay T-plan gabled Tudor villa on corner site with 3-stage tower attached at NW corner; S and W faces enclosed by out-of-character later additions. Cream squared and snecked sandstone with stugged ashlar dressings.

N (FERRY ROAD) ELEVATION: advanced gabled bay to right with canted window at ground, bipartite above with hoodmould, arrowslit in gablehead; door to centre bay with narrow closet window to left; tripartite window with hoodmould to left; pair of round-headed 1st floor windows breaking eaves with gabled dormerheads. Filigreed bargeboards to eaves and gables.

Tower with part-blocked hoodmoulded Tudor doorway at ground; projecting bipartite window at 1st stage with moulded corbel and stone cap; bipartite window to 2nd stage with hoodmould and bracketed balconette; heavy cornice supports crested parapet. Other faces blank with bipartite window to 2nd stage (balustraded apron to W).

Timber sash and case plate glass windows. Grey slates; terracotta ridge tiles; rendered and ashlar stacks; octagonal cans.

Low ashlar saddleback coped rubble boundary walls.

Statement of Interest

The building with its tower forms a prominent landmark on Ferry Road.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56631134

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)