Description

1863 single-storey and attic. Picturesque double cottage,
coursed red sand-stone rubble with contrasting polished
ashlar dressings. Pointed entrance door with square
hood-mould to right, gabled attic dormer over with modern
platform roofed dormer beside it. Advanced gabled bay to
centre with piended canted bay at ground and pointed
bipartite window at attic; recessed wing to left has later
porch to front. Broad-eaved slated roof with barge-boards
and finials. Grouped brick stacks.

Statement of Interest

Graded C(S) in present altered condition. The architect of

Maxwellheugh Terrace was reputed to be Lady Douglas. She

was Marquita Juana Petronila, eldest daughter of Don

Francisco Sanchez de Pila of Gibraltar. She married in

1851, Sir George Henry Scott-Douglas, Bt., of Springwood.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56642348

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  For the Record
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)