Description

1788 with substantial later additions and alterations. 2-storey, 3-bay piended roofed classical villa with singlestorey piend-roofed pavilion addition to right, masking original of 1788, and that to left altered to flat-roofed angled 2-bay projection. Squared and snecked sandstone rubble, painted ashlar margins. Base course, cill band at 1st floor, cornice and blocking course.

SE (BROUGHTON ROAD) ELEVATION: modern door with fanlight in corniced and architraved doorpiece to centre, stone-mullioned tripartites to left and right at ground, regular fenestration above. Window to projection to right, 3 windows to projection to left.

NE (SIDE) ELEVATION: piend-roofed single storey pavilion to left, later 2-storey addition to right.

SW (SIDE) ELEVATION: altered pavilion at ground to left, evidence of former pitch of pavilion above.

INTERIOR: not seen 1998.

Timber sash and case windows with 4-pane and plateglass glazing. Grey slate piended roofs, wallhead stacks to SW and NE.

BOUNDARY WALLS AND GATEPIERS: ashlar and rubble coped boundary walls with square plan sandstone ashlar gatepiers.

Statement of Interest

Secluded behind a gateway on the corner of Broughton Road. Very plain, built in 1788 but soon afterwards given a new front range with tripartite windows and singlestorey wings. Rodney Street leads to what exists of the Heriot Trust's Bellevue and East Claremont Street, begun at the North end in 1823.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17794026

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Recommended Books

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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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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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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)