Description

Style of David Hamilton. Built circa 1820. Classical country house now incorporated within city. 2 storeys, 3 bays with Greek revival ornament including fluted Doric porch, simplified acroteria to ground floor window pediments. Dry-dashed front (N) elevation has variety of planes, with centre bay shallow advanced, prominent giant angle pilasters each with plain recessed panel; painted ashlar architraves and porch (E flank also dry-dashed; remainder ashlar-faced). Main cornice unpainted, and blocking course, block pediments over centre and ends. Sash windows with 4-pane glazing pattern. End stacks now cut down; piended shallow-pitched slate roof enclosed by blocking course. Deeply recessed and pedimented single storey single bay flanking wing to W, corresponding wing to E replaced by large modern hall. Stair window (re-glazed early 20th century) central on rear wall, unfortunate modern additions and brick-walled court also at rear.

INTERIOR: much altered, but some original cornice plasterwork, more probably survives behind suspended ceilings; cantilevered stone stair with decorative cast-iron balusters.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56634381

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)