Description

Circa 1880. 2-storey and attic, 3-bay castellated villa. Coursed sandstone rubble; principal elevation painted white with green entrance porch and canted bay. Base course; 2-storey canted bay with castellated parapet to right; bracketed parapet with decorative castellation runs along roof over left and centre bays.

NW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: recessed centre with projecting entrance porch: semi-octagonal shaped entrance; doorpiece with heavy cornice detailing, polygonal finials and geometric pediment; single window at 1st floor above. Projecting bay to right with crowstepped gable; 2-storey canted window; small attic window with star-shaped hoodmould in gable. Slightly projecting bay to left; bipartite window with stepped hoodmould at ground floor; single window above.

Modern 2-pane glazing. Slate roof; straight skews; corbelled coped stacks.

BOUNDARY WALL AND GATEPIER: low painted stone wall with gablet pier. Large panelled ashlar gatepier to right of elevation with cushion cap.

Statement of Interest

This merchant's house was part of the 2nd phase of development on Dundonald Road, which had started in the 1860s. By the end of the 1870s the W side of the street was almost fully developed and thus the E side had begun to be exploited. Although the development of Dundonald Road dates from the 1860s and 1870s, the road itself is partly on the site of the older Bullet Street (named after a popular 18th century game) and also on part of the Duke of Portland's early railway line to Troon.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56642450

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)