Description

1851; extended and added to Frank W Simon & Tweedie, 1895. Single storey and attic 3-bay cottage with later 2-storey bay to W. Cream sandstone, stugged ashlar front, squared and snecked stugged ashlar rear and sides with droved dressings. Base course; ashlar quoins and mullions; eaves cornice. S (FRONT) ELEVATION: projecting ground floor with balustraded parapet; pilastered and corniced doorway at centre with rectangular plate glass fanlight. Tripartite windows with narrow outer lights flanking. 2

canted dormers with single windows and half-piend roofs. 2-storey addition to outer left with piend roof, cill band course at 1st floor, single window at ground floor, bipartite window at 1st floor.

N (REAR) ELEVATION: 2-storey; gabled projection to centre with apex stack. Gabled bay to left with apex stack and single windows; single storey lean-to projection in re-entrant angle with secondary door on return. Later wing to outer right.

W ELEVATION: rendered with 2 wallhead stacks.

E ELEVATION: gabled with apex stack; band course above ground floor meeting eaves cornice turning corner, single window at ground floor. Timber sash and case windows, some plate glass glazing, some 12-pane windows, some 6-pane upper, 2-pane lower sashes. Slate roof with metal flashings; 2 wallhead, 3 apex stacks (see above) 1 central stack, some octagonal cans.

INTERIOR: tiled vestibule and hall, cast-iron balustrade to stair. BOUNDARY WALL AND GATEPIERS: tall rubble wall with semi-circular coping to rear and W, flat ashlar coping to front and E, tall coped gatepiers of droved ashlar to E, timber pedestrian and carriage gates.

Statement of Interest

Built by Reverend Dr John Kirk, leader of the Evangelical Union and close friend of David Livingstone, who visited the cottage regularly. In 1895 the front reception rooms were enlarged and the 4-roomed side wing added.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56631379

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