Description

Later 19th century, various 20th century additions. Single storey and attic, basically rectangular-plan, 3-bay villa. Stugged grey sandstone coursers, ashlar dressings (quoins regularly perforated for apparent modern masonry treatment), rendered and lined right return gable, harled left return gable, slate roof. Base course, corniced wallhead course; canted windows with plate glass sash and case frames, stepped cills to wallhead cornice and decorative cast-iron parapets; canted dormers with modern single-pane glazing, decorative cast-iron ridge and finials; anthemion pattern cast-iron bargeboards to gables; cut-down end stacks,; cast-iron rainwater goods.

FRONT ELEVATION: door with round-headed fanlight and moulded concave doorpiece to centre, canted window to left and right, 2 dormers, small round-headed dormer to centre. Single storey additions to left and right return gables.

INTERIOR: not seen.

BOUNDARY WALL: saddleback-coped ashlar boundary wall to front with 4 gatepiers.

Statement of Interest

The villa is listed specifically for its unusual surviving decorative cast-iron work, despite unsympathetic additions and replacement windows.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56634920

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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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)