Description

William Leiper, circa 1880. Asymmetrical villa showing
Anglo-Japanese influence. Part single storey with attic,
part 2 storeys. Snecked rubble with ashlar dressings long
and short to windows, and quoins. Central door; recessed
bay to right with mullion and transom window, the roof
pitch continues and is supported on 3 slender columns with
decorative arch braces to form verandah at right. 1 flat
topped 4-light dormer above. Projecting canted bay to left
with window at 1st floor opening onto an elaborate timber
balcony supported on large wooden brackets resting on
corbels. Balcony returns onto the west elevation with 1
window opening onto it and decorative gabled projection
framing it. Some standards in balustrade continue to meet
deeply overhanging eaves and form a delicate ornamental
screen. Good carved bargeboards. Central square tower,
rendered with painted margins and bands. A balcony
surrounds it; shallow pyramidal roof. On West elevation
lower projecting bay to left with a corbelled oriel rising
into gable head, main roof breaks forward over window.
Slate roof with red ridge tiles. Large conservatory to
the east.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17852028

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