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Kildare Lodge, 62 Colquhoun Street, Helensburgh

A Category C Listed Building in Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.0083 / 56°0'29"N

Longitude: -4.7331 / 4°43'59"W

OS Eastings: 229697

OS Northings: 682852

OS Grid: NS296828

Mapcode National: GBR 0D.TJP9

Mapcode Global: WH2M4.87DT

Plus Code: 9C8Q2758+8Q

Entry Name: Kildare Lodge, 62 Colquhoun Street, Helensburgh

Listing Name: 62 Colquhoun Street, Kildare Lodge with Boundary Wall and Gatepiers

Listing Date: 30 June 1993

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 379104

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB34757

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200379104

Location: Helensburgh

County: Argyll and Bute

Town: Helensburgh

Electoral Ward: Helensburgh Central

Traditional County: Dunbartonshire

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Description

Circa 1860. Single storey and attic, 3-bay symmetrical villa. Cream stugged and snecked sandstone, squared and coursed to S elevation; ashlar dressings. Eaves course and corniced parapet; ashlar mullioned windows with moulded reveals; quoin strips.

S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: narrow recessed bay to centre with semi-circular arched, pilastered doorpiece with keystone above flight of 5 steps, fanlit 2-leaf doors. Canted windows flanking with cornice and timber parapet. Slate-hunt, flat-roofed dormer to centre, canted windows flanking with piended roofs.

E (SIDE) ELEVATION: single storey lean-to conservatory abutting, harled base, glazed above with door and double steps. Window off- centre right at 1st floor of house gable.

W (SIDE) ELEVATION: window off-centre left at 1st floor. Single storey garage and service wing adjoining at NW angle.

Mostly 4-pane sash and case windows. Purple/grey slate roof; ashlar coped skews; corniced ashlar stacks to gables.

INTERIOR: not seen.

BOUNDARY WALL AND GATEPIERS: semi-circular coped rubble boundary wall; ashlar rusticated piers, corniced piers with ball finials.

Statement of Interest

Very similar design to Rowanmore, 103 Sinclair Street. The villas were built for two sisters.

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