Description

Dated 1750; reconstructed 1969 by W Schomberg Scott. 2-storey and attic, L-plan traditional crowstepped house in terrace to W. Harled with painted margins. Architraved and block banded doorpiece with inscribed stone 'TS/AH 1750'.

E (HIE GAIT) ELEVATION: steps up to Gibbsian-style doorpiece with dated cartouche over in bay to right of centre with window to left at 1st floor and further small window close to eaves in slightly recessed bay to outer left; window to each floor in bay to right

S (PAN HA') ELEVATION: gabled bay to right with 2 windows to each floor and to attic, those to ground smaller; panelled timber door to centre with window at 1st floor and small dormer window above; small horizontal window to ground floor left and further window to 1st floor.

N (REAR) ELEVATION: lower wing to right with door to outer right at ground, forestair to centre door at 1st floor and windows in flanking bays, dormer window to outer right; taller advanced gable to left with window to left at 1st floor, return to right with window to left and smaller window close to eaves; boundary wall adjoining to outer left.

12-pane glazing pattern in timber sash and case windows. Pantiles. Harled stacks with thackstanes and ashlar-coped skews.

BOUNDARY WALLS: harled and rubble boundary walls.

Statement of Interest

Renovated (1969) as part of The National Trust for Scotland's Little Houses Scheme. The 'Tide Waiter' was employed to collect taxes from ships unloading at the nearby jetty.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17806718

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)