Description

Probably Alexander Thomson, circa 1865; addition by William Spence, 1877. Single storey, 4-bay villa with Greek Revival details. Stugged, snecked cream sandstone, ashlar dressings. Overhanging bracketted eaves; bipartite and tripartite windows with ashlar pilaster-mullions, lintels with incised fret pattern.

S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: doorway off-centre left, pilastered reveals, modern fanlit door. Bipartite window to outer left. Advanced gabled bay to right of doorway with tripartite window; recessed bay to outer right with bipartite window.

N (REAR) ELEVATION: 3 regular windows; lower single storey wing to outer left, door in re-entrant angle. Lower wing recessed to right, window to end bay, later lean-to projection at junction of two blocks with screen wall linked to outbuilding and enclosing brick paved service yard.

Plate glass sash and case windows to S; 12-pane sash and case to N.

Grey slate roof; ashlar corniced end stack to left, ashlar stack to centre; moulded cans.

INTERIOR: corniced hall lobby lit by small domed rooflight; panelled doors; original chimneypieces removed.

Statement of Interest

The site of Galloway Cottage was given by Mrs Mary Meldrum or Galloway to the Helensburgh Ragged or Industrial School in which to build a house for the teacher. In 1877 the house was almost doubled in size by the addition of a lower block to the west (left) of the original block. The addition accommodated a new entrance, hall and bedrooms. The additions follow the original design and form an harmonised and unified composition.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17776880

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)