Description

A and W Reid, 1866; extensive alterations and additions
to early 19th century house. Large house of raised
basement, 2 storeys and attic, 3 bays to S (front)
elevation. Ashlar with ornate polished ashlar dressings;
coursed rubble to raised basement. Advanced centre bay
with further advanced porch; flanking canted bay
windows, with rectangular bay windows to E and W
elevations. String course linking 1st floor window cills;
enriched segmental-headed pediments to 1st floor
windows; pierced stone balustrades carrying ornate urns to
all bays windows and to centre bay. 2 segmental-headed
dormers, E and W. 2 modern dormers to front; 2 batteries of
octagonal chimney stacks, symmetrically arranged with 7
to each group. Piended slate roof.
Extensive modern additions to rear of no interest.
Rubble garden walls with dressed stone copes.
Alexander Reid 1866-67; single span elliptical arched foot
bridge with pierced cast-stone balustrade; panelled end
piers with stone finials.

Statement of Interest

Appears on Wood's Town Map of 1822 as belonging to Wm Young

Esq (who purchased the property in 1817).

Former Item 92 (1981 Revised List).

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17831269

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  For the Record
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings