Description

Circa 1817. 2 storey, 3 bay symmetrical classical villa. Droved cream sandstone with polished ashlar dressings. Dividing band couse; cill course to 1st floor windows; cornice; blocking course.

S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: steps to central doorway; panelled door; plate glass fanlight; Tuscan columns to corniced doorpiece; single window to 1st floor above; single windows to ground floor outer left and right; single windows to 1st floor above with panelled aprons.

4 pane, timber, sash and case windows. Grey slate piended roof; coped wallhead stacks.

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

BOUNDARY WALLS AND PEDESTRIAN GATE: low coped boundary wall to street; replacement railings; pedestrian gate adjoining house to W (access to 9A).

Statement of Interest

Middleby Street was part of the Blacket development feued by Benjamin and George Bell: it takes its name from their Dumfriesshire estate of Blacket which was in the parish of Middlebie.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17795462

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings